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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. Where does Michael Osbourne work?

2. What has President Beckwith's wife urged him to do that he is reluctant about?

3. What kind of a report does Michael receive about the whaler found drifting with a dead body on board?

4. When Susanna leaves for her evening jog, what does she injure that forces her to go back to her house?

5. What does Vandenburg charge Susanna with regarding her work when she calls him prior to turning in her journalistic piece about the President?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Susanna and Elizabeth?

2. Why does Delaroche hire Astrid?

3. What will the three agents do after they cross the border?

4. Why does Elizabeth refuse to snoop for Susanna?

5. How is Senator Sterling a typical liberal leader?

6. How do Astrid and Delaroche kill Colin?

7. Why is Cannon opposed to the missile project?

8. What happens when the three Soviet agents cross the border?

9. How does Beckwith respond to the airline strike when he is on vacation?

10. What is the young Soviet agent groomed for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the sword of Gaza? Who are part of this group? What do they believe in and what are they are responsible for?

Essay Topic 2

Silva espouses a radical approach to work and employment that would alter the structure of society. He describes the CIA operative or worker in The Mark of the Assassin who is under pressure to satisfy government objectives that may conflict with personal beliefs. Describe the CIA worker in The Mark of the Assassin. Do you think this is realistic and characteristic of today? Do you think the issues that Adams discusses are still relevant today and if so, in what ways?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the espionage techniques of Michael and Nicolai in The Mark of the Assassin. Cover how they each approach the various CIA cases they receive and whether their intuitions were correct. Who actually fulfills the missions and how?

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