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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Wilson's new assistant not above doing?
(a) Fighting the Afghans.
(b) Traveling to speaking engagements around the world.
(c) Smuggling contraband items.
(d) Arguing with Congress.

2. Without a war to fight, what happens to Wilson?
(a) He retires.
(b) He spends more time traveling.
(c) He quickly returns to drinking.
(d) He looks for new wars to start.

3. In that time, what does Wilson begin pursuing?
(a) Improving his public image.
(b) A promotion.
(c) New weapons for Afghanistan.
(d) Another woman.

4. What happens when Avrakotos gives a small ammunition contract to a factory in Pakistan?
(a) Yasouf steps aside.
(b) Yasouf does not allow the factory to take the contract.
(c) Yasouf becomes angry.
(d) Yasouf befriends Avrakotos.

5. How do many radical Muslims feel?
(a) War is over.
(b) Now that they took down one superpower, they can take on more.
(c) Wilson is a great man.
(d) The United States saved them.

6. What is significant about the honor Avrakotos gets from the agency's African-American employees?
(a) He is the last white man to receive it.
(b) He is the first man to receive it.
(c) He is the first white man to receive it.
(d) He has never been rewarded before.

7. Where do the two sides of the Afghan war reach a truce?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In Geneva.
(c) In Versailles.
(d) In Zurich.

8. Who does Director Casey ask Wilson to support?
(a) The Constantinoples of Turkey.
(b) The Contras in Nicaragua.
(c) The Constradas of Spain.
(d) The Commanders of South Africa.

9. What happens to President Zia in the summer of 1988?
(a) He dies in a plane crash.
(b) He dies from a heart attack.
(c) He is assassinated.
(d) He resigns.

10. A congressional aide to McCollum, Vaughn Forest, approaches Wilson with what?
(a) Ideas for the war.
(b) A truce between Russia and Afghanistan.
(c) Ideas for ending the war.
(d) A request from McCollum.

11. What American Missile, made by General Dynamics in California, is introduced?
(a) Great American Missile.
(b) Stinger.
(c) Striker.
(d) Last Stand.

12. What do Charlie Wilson and Gust Avrakotos quickly work out?
(a) A way to play the system in both Congress and the CIA.
(b) A trip to Pakistan.
(c) A way to compromise with each other.
(d) An agreement for working with each other.

13. Why is Vickers fearful to suggest radical changes?
(a) He is not well-liked by Avrakotos.
(b) He holds too low of a rank.
(c) He is not sure of his suggestions.
(d) He is afraid to upset Avrakotos.

14. What does Vickers point out to Avrakotos about the Soviet Special forces?
(a) The introduction of Soviet Special forces shows power.
(b) The introduction of Soviet Special forces reveals them as a threat.
(c) The introduction of Soviet Special forces shows an interest in a war.
(d) The introduction of Soviet Special forces shows desperation.

15. The war in Afghanistan falls under Avrakotos's department. What else falls under his department?
(a) Jordan-Syria tensions.
(b) The conflict between Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic.
(c) The conflict between Iran and Iraq.
(d) The Arab-Israeli conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Wilson believe Gust Avrakotosto be stationed?

2. What do Cannistraro and other conservatives continue to do, as the war in Afghanistan gains legitimacy?

3. Concerning the end of the war, who does Wilson feel a need to honor and thank?

4. What does everyone in the CIA believe about Wilson and his plans in Egypt?

5. What does Vaughn propose regarding the Air Force?

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