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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Webb use when he arrives at the hotel?

2. Who is Jiang Yu?

3. While on the tarmac at the airfield, where does the airport clerk tell Webb the plane containing the brown sedan he was chasing is heading?

4. Why does Yao Ming claim to have kidnapped Marie?

5. Who is Ian Ballantyne?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Webb locate the wealthy Asian taipan?

2. Why is the oath of silence is so important to Ambassador Havilland?

3. How does Webb use his skills to "arrange" a meeting with the impostor Bourne?

4. Summarize David Webb's dilemma after Chapter 1.

5. Describe the setting and mood of Chapter 1.

6. Describe the character of Alexander Conklin.

7. Do you agree with Marie's thinking that Webb's memories of Burma are healthy?

8. What can the reader infer about the McAllister character from his actions upon hearing the news of Marie's escape from the hospital?

9. Why is Marie's escape from the hospital successful?

10. Describe the interactions between Catherine Staples and Marie in Chapter 14.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain the significance of the night of the great blade.

Part 1) What suspense does this scene add to the novel?

Part 2) How is this similar to, or different from, what you would have expected from Sheng?

Part 3) What significance does this scene have for Webb/Bourne?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain the significance of one of the action scenes in the novel (e.g., Webb's chasing the impostor to the airfield, Marie's escaping from Yao Ming, etc.)

Part 1) Why did you select this scene, and how did this scene enhance the novel's sense of suspense?

Part 2) What was resolved or made more complicated by the scene?

Part 3) What significance does this scene have for Webb/Bourne?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the "unidentifiable man" in "The Bourne Supremacy."

Part 1) Include in your essay references to written examples of this concept.

Part 2) Discuss whether you think David Webb was struggling with or against his alter-ego.

Part 3) Comment on whether you think David Webb is truly ever unidentifiable. That is, do you feel the transformation into Jason Bourne is ever 100%. Cite examples to support how you feel.

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