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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. Where does Avrakotos receive a permanent appointment?

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

3. What happens to President Zia in the summer of 1988?

4. Where do the two sides of the Afghan war reach a truce?

5. Why does Pakistani General Yasouf move to block the plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the summer of 1988 that affects Wilson?

2. What happens by September of 1986?

3. What happens when Avrakotos visits Wilson's office alone?

4. What happens as the war in Afghanistan gains legitimacy?

5. What does Chapter Twenty-eight introduce?

6. What are the greatest injustices with Avrakotos' leave?

7. What truce is decided upon in Geneva?

8. Under what department do the wars in Afghanistan and between Iran and Iraq fall? What does this agency feel about this?

9. What does the enormous budget for Afghanistan do for Avrakotos?

10. What takes place in 1984 in Wilson's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson stays sober for eighteen months.

Part 1) What does this foreshadow?

Part 2) What does he do during these eighteen months? Are his actions different now that he is sober? Explain.

Part 3) How and why does he revert back to previous behaviors?

Essay Topic 2

In Geneva, the two sides of the Afghan war reach a truce.

Part 1) How are they convinced to meet in Geneva? What role does Wilson play in this?

Part 2) What does this truce mean for each side? Are they able to keep this truce? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this truce lead into future conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

The CIA begins to worry that putting the deadly mujahideen in charge will not be in any country's best interest.

Part 1) Who are the mujahideen? Why does the CIA not trust them?

Part 2) What does this worry foreshadow?

Part 3) What are Wilson's thoughts about the mujahideen?

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