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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 kind of weapons does Mitch shoot the guards with?

2. Who does King say is responsible for the President's safe removal to his bunker?

3. Where does Dallas King meet Shiela Dunn?

4. What is the name of Baxter's Chief of Staff?

5. What does Mitch Rapp disguise himself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the success of the CIA's operation depend upon?

2. What happens as soon as Mitch lands at Andrew Air Force base?

3. Why is Rafique so dangerous?

4. Why are the politicians suspicious of Rapp?

5. Why is the U.S. government finding it difficult to compete with Aziz?

6. What problems does this section show that the military face in such a desperate situation?

7. How does Mitch Rapp feel after the mission?

8. How does the author increase the narrative pace in this section.

9. How do Mitch and Adams get to the White House basement?

10. What new information has Dr. Hornig learned from Fara Harut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Transfer of Power is part of the espionage genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way has the Transfer of Power helped to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in The Transfer of Power?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a scene from the novel and critically analyze it in terms of the following:

1) Character development

2) Plot development.

3) Its significance to the book overall

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Flynn use character and setting to express these themes?

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