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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Charlie Illingsworth?
(a) The secretary.
(b) The president.
(c) An accountant.
(d) The project manager.

2. Perkins believed MAIN's objective in Indonesia was _____________.
(a) Building a new office.
(b) Reinstating communism.
(c) Destroying the country.
(d) Preventing communism and increasing the country's wealth.

3. Who were off limits at the bar Perkins visited?
(a) The bartenders.
(b) The waitresses.
(c) The bouncers.
(d) The dancers.

4. What did Robert McNamara infuse into government policy?
(a) Scientific terms.
(b) Military drills.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Business models.

5. What did the countries that Perkins' company helped eventually do?
(a) Became democracies.
(b) Rebelled.
(c) Failed.
(d) Succeeded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Perkins accept at MAIN?

2. What was the goal of Perkins' report in Chapter 15?

3. What religious book did Perkins learn the Saudis studied?

4. What were some of the New Deal's policies?

5. What did MAIN threaten Perkins never to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of OPEC.

2. How did Perkins begin to feel about MAIN and Americans the longer he was in Indonesia?

3. What is corporatocracy?

4. Why did Perkins travel to Panama?

5. How did MAIN try to bring Indonesia away from communism?

6. How did Indonesia become a communist country?

7. What led the Saudis to implement an embargo on oil in 1974?

8. What was life like in the Canal Zone?

9. How did the conversation with Rasy's friends influence Perkins?

10. What reaction did Perkins receive from business and political leaders in Jakarta in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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