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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. Who were the Abdallah barracks taken over by according to Robert?

2. What did Isam refuse to do?

3. What is Tajikistan compared to the other republics of the former Soviet Union?

4. Who was Masud Barzani's nemesis?

5. How did Robert characterize young French intelligence officers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Robert treat Hasan when Hasan came to the CIA office?

2. What happened to the State Department and the CIA at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What group did Hasan join?

4. What was Robert's focus when assigned to Northern Iraq in Chapter 14?

5. What was Robert unable to do at the start of Chapter 10?

6. What was Robert assigned to for riling up the National Security Adviser?

7. What did Robert spend a day doing when the fighting broke out in Dushanbe?

8. What happened on March 22, 1995 according to Chapter 19?

9. What fact fed into the myth about Saddam according to Chapter 15?

10. What happened on March 6, 1995 in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the impact of the spread of Islamic fundamentalism and how Russia tried to prevent its spread.

Essay Topic 2

Find examples of secrecy in the CIA and the government, and trace this theme or mantra throughout the book, examining both its benefits and drawbacks.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two contacts Robert made, and examine the significance these contacts had in information gathering methods.

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