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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did MAIN conduct most of its work?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In the United States.
(c) In developing countries.
(d) In developed countries.

2. Whose report did Perkins doctor in Chapter 9?
(a) Anna's report.
(b) Howard's report.
(c) Peter's report.
(d) John's report.

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

4. When did Indonesia gain independence?
(a) After WWI.
(b) After WWII.
(c) After the Gulf War.
(d) After the Korean War.

5. What did the man in Perkins' dream look like?
(a) Straight hair and Asian.
(b) Dark curly hair and a dark complexion.
(c) Brown hair and light complexion.
(d) Light curly hair and a light complexion.

6. What did Rasy's friends say would cause Americans to want to go to war?
(a) Villainizing Christianity.
(b) America did not want war.
(c) Americans love war.
(d) Villainizing Islam.

7. What was the United States determined to lure Indonesia away from in Chapter 3?
(a) Communism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Socialism.

8. How did the United States' Government remain innocent of bankrupting less developed countries?
(a) They used private companies.
(b) They were found guilty.
(c) They used hidden bank accounts.
(d) The United States' Government was not a part of such activities.

9. What was Perkin's opinion about being an economic hit man at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He wished he had thought of the idea.
(b) He wanted nothing to do with the process.
(c) He wanted to learn the process and benefit from it.
(d) He wanted to go back to college.

10. What religious book did Perkins learn the Saudis studied?
(a) Dianetics
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Talmud.
(d) The Qur'an.

11. Who trained Perkins to become an economic hit man?
(a) A young man.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) An old woman.

12. What did MAIN threaten Perkins never to do?
(a) Speak to his family.
(b) Run for president.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Reveal their policies.

13. In Chapter 4, who was the President of the World Bank?
(a) John Mcgee.
(b) Thomas Frank.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) George Clinton.

14. What did Perkins try to convince himself of at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He had seen God.
(b) He was an economist not an economic hitman.
(c) He was going to receive a promotion.
(d) He was going to marry again.

15. In Chapter 6, where did Perkins discover he could not work?
(a) In Indonesia.
(b) In America.
(c) In Bandung.
(d) In Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Howard return to the United States?

2. How did the employees of MAIN live?

3. What did the countries that Perkins' company helped eventually do?

4. What was SAMA?

5. What happened as a result of OPEC's oil embargo?

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