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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. With what do they bombard Pigeon?
2. What germ does Paul pretend he is going to inject in Pigeon?
3. What does Yu not touch while Paul is there?
4. For what do they all meet in the bar?
5. Who is Gherman Klimenko?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the response to Paul's report at the meeting and what does Trumbull decide to do and why?
2. How has Molly helped Paul to heal?
3. What information does Paul get from Klimenko when they meet again?
4. How does Gherman Klimenko convince Paul that Klimenko knows Paul is not just a journalist.
5. Describe Dieter Dimpel and what he asks of Paul for payment for helping Paul.
6. What does Paul tell Molly about his investigation into JFK's murder?
7. Who does Paul meet on the outskirts of Elisabethville and for what reason?
8. How do Yu's horoscopes figure into the planning of the assassination of JFK?
9. What does Paul learn during his visit to Yu Lung?
10. Why is Paul glad he is alone?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, when Paul declares he will resume his work, Ho mocks his bravado, but the Truong toc shows Paul Molly's picture, taken in Rome. Discuss the following:
1. Why it is more effective to threaten Paul with Molly's safety than his own? Do you think this is often the case for humans--i.e., that threats to their loved ones to illicit compliance is more effective than threats to one's own self?
2. Sybille Webster is angry that Paul is determined to stay with Molly because she thinks it endangers both of them. Do you think she is right to be angry? Do you think it is up to Molly whether she wants to risk death if she stays with Paul? Would it be right for Paul to make that decision for Molly? Discuss fully with details from the book.
3. Sybille Webster is also angry that Paul decides to investigate JFK's murder because it puts Paul's life at risk. Why do you think Paul thinks his life is worth knowing the truth? Do you think the truth is worth the lives that are lost in finding it? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
Intelligence work, at least as far as this novel is concerned, can be dangerous business. Discuss one of the following:
1. What are some of the dangers of intelligence work specified or implied in THE TEARS OF AUTUMN? Illustrate with specific examples from the text.
2. Do you think intelligence work in the "real" world is more or less dangerous than that which is stated or implied in THE TEARS OF AUTUMN? Explain fully. (This may require some research).
3. Why do you think those characters in THE TEARS OF AUTUMN who choose intelligence work do so? Discuss and compare the motives for intelligence work by Paul, Tom Webster, David Patchen, Nsango, Luong, Trevor Hitchcock, and Klimenko. Each of these may have different reasons. Discuss fully with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 3, Paul intuits why JFK is murdered. Paul has always had the gift of picturing events in his head and afterward piecing together the facts that support the vision. His superstitious ex-wife considers it mind-reading, but Paul believes it is more akin to the creation of poetry. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think Paul's gift of picturing events in his head and afterward piecing together the facts that support the vision is similar to writing poetry?
2. Do you think Paul's ex-wife is actually superstitious and believes Paul reads minds? Why or why not.
3. What type of reasoning is Paul's method of arriving at a conclusion? Does this method seem to work well for Paul in figuring out the motives and people behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
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