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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Perkins believe makes people feel that God only wants certain people at the top?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Theology.
(d) Corporatocracy.

2. What did Torrijos say he would fight for in Chapter 13?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) Liberation.
(c) Communism.
(d) To ensure Panama did not end up like Guatemala.

3. In Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which empires were listed as imperialistic?
(a) Carolingia and Russia.
(b) Assyria and Mongol.
(c) Akkadia and Qin.
(d) Middle East, Rome, and Persia.

4. Who did Perkins feel most happy with while in Indonesia?
(a) Howard.
(b) His family.
(c) Employees of MAIN.
(d) The natives.

5. What are the two objectives of economic hit men?
(a) To steal money from overseas banks and not get caught.
(b) To fix the economic situations of poor countries and help the people.
(c) To justify large loans for less developed countries and to bankrupt those countries.
(d) To watch the stock market in developing countries and report them to the United States.

6. Whom did Torrijos want to finance his project?
(a) Bechtel.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) MAIN.
(d) The Americans.

7. What dripped from the eyes of the man in Perkins' dream?
(a) Grease.
(b) Water.
(c) Blood.
(d) Tears.

8. Why was Perkins in Panama at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Perkins never went to Panama.
(b) To talk to the Omar Torrijos.
(c) To set up a water system.
(d) To move to the country.

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

10. What did Torrijos want to build in Panama?
(a) A national park.
(b) A military base.
(c) A bigger canal at sea level.
(d) A resort.

11. What led to the 1974 embargo of oil to the United States?
(a) Nixon's aid to Israel.
(b) Nixon's aid to Saudi Arabia.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The United States was in debt.

12. Perkins discovered the key to working in politics was ______________.
(a) Being buisness smart.
(b) Being an economic hit man.
(c) Living in America.
(d) Being a woman.

13. What did Perkins have to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) MAIN was not going to fire him.
(b) He was a bad person.
(c) Communism was wrong.
(d) He was doing the right thing.

14. Where did Perkins decide NOT to go to college?
(a) American University.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Brown.

15. What was Richard Nixon dressed as in Chapter 7?
(a) A clown.
(b) A thief.
(c) Uncle Sam.
(d) An angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a dalang?

2. What did Robert McNamara create which set a precedent for the corporatocracy?

3. Why did it make sense to Perkins that big corporations funded colleges?

4. What issue did the United States have with Panama?

5. Whom did United Fruit enlist to help stage a coup?

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