1) What early indications do we get of conflicting Israeli positions regarding the Palestinians?
2) Who are Dr. Alexis and Schulman (a.k.a. Kurtz) and what is the nature of their relationship?
3) What were Schulman’s (Kurtz’s) motives and what pressures were on him?
4) What was the symbolic significance of the location of the Israeli team’s apartment?
5) Who is Yanuka? How was he kidnaped?
6) What do we first learn about Gadi Becker?
7) What was Charlie’s initial reaction to Joseph (Gadi)?
8)Who is Ned Quilley and how does he characterize Charlie?
9) How would you characterize the recruitment of Charlie by Gadi and by Kurtz?
10) Define the theater of the real. How does Gadi rehearse Charlie for her role?
11) Describe the interrogation of Yanuka.
12) Who is Michel and what is his role?
13) What does Gadi Becker feel when he sees himself in the mirror? Why?
14) How does Kurtz recruit Dr. Alexis?
15) What was Charlies “Rubicon”? Explain the motives for her decision
16) What were Gadi’s motives?
17) What was Charlie’s reaction to seeing Yanuka? Why?
18) What political goal to Kurtz hope to obtain by eliminating Yanuka and the Dutch terrorist?
19) When and why was Charlie offered her second chance to back out of the operation?
20) What was the purpose of the meeting between Kurtz and Deputy Commander Picton?
21) In what way did Gadi act “outside the script”?
22) When is Charlie given the third opportunity to pull out and by whom?
23) Why did she decline to pull out?
24) How would you characterize Charlie’s experiences among the Palestinians?
25) Characterize Kurtz’s difficulties in Israel.
26) Characterize Gadi Becker’s experiences in Israel.
27) What was Charlie’s first mission for the Palestinians?
28) Who is Professor Minkel and what was his political position on the Palestinians?
29) Why does Charlie want to back out of the operation? What is Gadi’s reaction?
30) How did Khalil discover that Charlie was a spy?
31) What does she give as her motive?
32) What happens to Charlie after her rescue?
33) How do you interpret the concluding scene?