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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. While in the forest, into whose hut does Mitch enter?

2. What is damaged in the fire at the Count's house?

3. Who offers no sympathy for the death about which this person is questioned?

4. What do Mitch and his partners show to gain admittance to the Count's home?

5. What is Coleman's assignment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mitch do in Freiburg?

2. Who is Anna Reilly, and what does she want?

3. Describe Irene's conversation with Thomas Stansfield in Chapter 8.

4. Why is Peter Cameron in a bad mood in Chapter 7?

5. Why is Mitch sent to Germany to assassinate Count Heinrich Hagenmiller V?

6. What does Irene Kennedy discuss with President Hayes in Chapter 2?

7. In Chapter 9, who does Mitch email, and why?

8. What does Clark do to cause dissension between the Democrats?

9. What happens between Jeff Duser and Mario Lukas?

10. Why are the Jansens packing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 2

How are women portrayed in "The Third Option"? What is the significance of the strong women presented in this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good and evil?

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