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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. At first, are they allowed to see each other?

2. What must both of them do after their tribunals?

3. What position does Burov wish for Lisa to take?

4. What is the first stop on Sam and Lisa's plane?

5. What does the Charm School heavily resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are cultural exchanges important for employees at the American Embassy? Conversely, why are they important for the Russians?

2. What sort of torture does Burov subject Lisa and Sam to?

3. Why does Banks warm Sam and Lisa against visiting Fisher's parents?

4. What is sodium pentothal used for?

5. Why does Lisa decide to accept the "teaching" position at the Charm School?

6. What Americans do Lisa and Sam meet?

7. How do the Charm School children differ from the American Embassy children? How are they the same?

8. After Lisa and Sam are captured, what are they forced to do?

9. Why does Burov decide to change his tactics while torturing them?

10. While Sam packs his bags, who visits him and gives him information about his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do books such as The Charm School, make social movements and political action such as McCarthyism seem like a good idea?

What is McCarthyism and why don't you think DeMille neglects to introduce it into the novel?

Essay Topic 2

While Sam and Seth believe each other to be friends, they also have a very competitive rivalry occurring between the men.

Describe how Sam and Seth are similar to one another?

What makes them alike besides their positions as spies and interest in Lisa?

Essay Topic 3

When Same and Lisa learn of the function of the Charm School, they begin to think of people that could possible be Russian spies.

Why is Sam very quick to believe that Lisa is a Charm School graduate? Is it because he is feeling something for her?

Is Sam afraid to let his feelings be free because he might get hurt, the same way he was hurt with his wife?

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