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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 item contains insight into the identity of Talbot?

2. Who is the second person that Kimberly shared news of her information on Talbot with?

3. Where is the Van Dorn's 4th of July party?

4. Who propositions Abrams after the party, while he is in the study drinking?

5. Where is Eleanor Wingate from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drives Thorpe's actions?

2. What did Abrams promise to do on July 4?

3. Who is Talbot?

4. What happens to Abrams on the roof of the firm's town home?

5. What is the difference between the way the spies and the cops think about investigation?

6. How is Katherine, as a character, humanized?

7. What do O'Brien's actions, in the first part of the story, say about his character?

8. When Thorpe enters the main dining room, what does Abrams say?

9. What do the interactions of the guests reveal about Katherine Kimberly and Marc Pembroke?

10. What does the bartender at the University Club tell Thorpe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is humanization? What does it mean when a character is humanized? Which character is the most humanized in the story? Why? Support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is a sociopath? Who in the story most resembles a sociopath, and why? What is the author's purpose in having a sociopathic character? Cite examples and actions from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between Katherine Kimberly and Peter Thorpe about? What is the goal of each person in the relationship? How does their relationship shadow the relationship of the U.S. and Russians in the book? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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