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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 unpopular course is taught by one of the most popular professors at Tulane?

2. Who is the President's speech writer?

3. Who is the youngest Supreme Court justice at the beginning of the novel?

4. What is the specialty of the group that is bombing dirty movie businesses?

5. What does Cleve give Grantham from Sarge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Coal want the President should attend Rosenberg's funeral?

2. Why is Justice Jensen a major security risk?

3. Why has Thomas Callahan canceled his classes?

4. In Chapter 1, why could all the chaos of the demonstration be blamed on Rosenberg?

5. Why does Coal think the President should not attend Jensen's funeral?

6. How would Chief Justice Runyan feel if Rosenberg died?

7. Why does Coal say that the "egg is on Voyles' face"?

8. Why is Nelson Muncie a possible suspect for the murders of the justices?

9. Who is Garcia?

10. Why does Callahan attend conferences?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the ways that the FBI and the CIA work together in the novel, and how they share information confidentially.

Essay Topic 2

The President and Coal are very worried about the pelican brief and what might happen if the brief would become public. Explain why the pelican brief was such a liability for the President and for Coal.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Khamel: his appearance, his background, and his professional accomplishments.

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