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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. After three years in Boston, where does this person secure a job?
(a) In Athens.
(b) In Helsinki.
(c) In Amsterdam.
(d) In Stockholm.

2. In a discussion with the elders of the Afghan tribesmen, what does Wilson recognize?
(a) They do not want sympathy, only revenge on the Soviets.
(b) They want sympathy, not revenge.
(c) They do not understand who he is.
(d) They do not want any support.

3. What does the CIA not want between the US and the war in Afghanistan?
(a) A war.
(b) A friendship.
(c) A battle.
(d) A link.

4. How does the Democratic Party respond to Wilson's scandalous Las Vegas party?
(a) They revoke Wilson's right to respond to Reagan's state of the Union address.
(b) They deny that it ever happened.
(c) They do not allow him to be a part of their party.
(d) They do not allow him to run in the next election.

5. Who is the only witness of the drug use?
(a) Lucy Wheeler.
(b) Liz Wickersham.
(c) Lisa Williams.
(d) Lindsay White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson secretly study?

2. What does Gust Avrakotos desire?

3. On June 27 of 1980, where does Charlie Wilson arrive?

4. What do the CIA agents resent about Wilson?

5. What does Hart fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Wilson meet during the party? Describe this meeting.

2. How does Zia feel about Americans, in the beginning? How does the CIA feel about Afghanistan?

3. Who does Wilson begin to woo? Who is this person?

4. What makes Wilson the first congressman to give money to the CIA?

5. What do Wilson, Shannon, and several Israelis do after weapons negotiations?

6. What takes place in the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?

7. What happens after AVrakotos tells off the European chief?

8. From where is Avrakotos?

9. For what does Wilson run? Does he win?

10. Describe Wilson's trip to Pakistan in 1984.

(see the answer keys)

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