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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. How does Vandenburg want to see the President react to the airline strike?

2. What role does Ari Shamron have in the Israeli Mossad?

3. What year does the Prologue begin?

4. How much does Elliott stand to make on the missile defense system?

5. Where do Beckwith, Vandenberg, and Elliott finalize the details of the American response, prior to a televised statement to the public?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elizabeth refuse to snoop for Susanna?

2. How is Mahmoud described on board the yacht off the coast of Long Island?

3. What is the ruse employed by the two men on a large yacht off the coast of Long Island for their journey?

4. Why is Elizabeth jealous of Sarah?

5. Why do Ari Shamron, Kalnikov and Mitchell Elliott congratulate themselves in the Caribbean?

6. Why does Braxton accept Elizabeth into his firm?

7. Why does Astrid go to Germany in her youth and become a member of the Communist Party?

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

9. What is the young Soviet agent groomed for?

10. What does Beckwith talk about in his speech to the public?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe The Mark of the Assassin's CIA practice of gaining power through money and violence. How does this contrast with the rise to ascendancy of political groups? Which group is more committed to success if any? Which group is more ethical and how so? Which group ultimately wins the popular support and why?

Essay Topic 2

The Mark of the Assassin is a classic military fiction novel. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Mulchabarat with the KGB. How are these organizations similar? How are they different? How do they compare to the CIA?

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