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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Talabani do when he saw Robert on the front line?
(a) He gave them intelligence.
(b) He gave them weapons.
(c) He took him as a hostage.
(d) He hugged him and lifted him off the ground.

2. What was Robert given before being shipped to Beirut in Chapter 8?
(a) A crash course in international relations.
(b) A crash course in terrorism.
(c) A crash course in Farsi.
(d) A crash course in Washington politics.

3. When did Bill Buckley die?
(a) July 1985.
(b) July 1986.
(c) July 1983.
(d) July 1984.

4. Who was Muhammad Hassuna?
(a) A tough customer.
(b) The bomber in 9-11.
(c) The person who played Russian roulette.
(d) The suicide bomber in the embassy bombing.

5. When did Yasir Arafat form the Fatah?
(a) Late 1950s.
(b) Late 1960s.
(c) Late 1940s.
(d) Late 1970s.

6. What did Ahmad Chalabi want to do?
(a) To take over the rebel group of Kurds.
(b) To replace Saddam as the head of Iraq.
(c) To educate the Kurds.
(d) To smuggle oil.

7. What did Yasir Arafat serve as before joining the Muslim Brotherhood according to Chapter 11?
(a) He was a lieutenant in the Lebanese army.
(b) He was a lieutenant in the Egyptian army.
(c) He was a soldier in the Lebanese army.
(d) He was a soldier in the Egyptian Army.

8. How did Chuck McKee die?
(a) In an evacuation.
(b) In a car bombing.
(c) In a covert operation.
(d) In the bombing of Pan Am 103.

9. Why would a conflict between Kurds have the potential to foil the coup against Saddam in Chapter 16?
(a) The Kurds could not keep secrets.
(b) It would give focus on the general.
(c) It would bring in troops from other countries.
(d) It would draw Saddam's army to the north.

10. What myth did the Major General Robert met ask about?
(a) That the U.S. found Saddam's weapons.
(b) That the U.S. paid the rebels.
(c) That the U.S. wanted Saddam in power.
(d) That the CIA would supply rebels with weapons.

11. What airport did Robert use to get to Beirut in Chapter 9?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Greece.

12. What did Robert ask Farid to do?
(a) Ask his contact to meet him.
(b) Plant a bomb.
(c) Gather intelligence on the IJO.
(d) Infiltrate the Fatah.

13. What is a sterile number?
(a) A phone number not associated with the CIA.
(b) A phone number on the Christian east side.
(c) A phone number on the western side.
(d) A phone number associated with a land line.

14. What did Robert not know when he first arrived in Iraq according to Chapter 15?
(a) That the Kurds were planning a rebellion.
(b) That the U.S. wanted to keep Saddam in power.
(c) That there was a coup against Saddam in the works.
(d) That they were looking for Saddam's weapons.

15. Why did Hasan want to join the CIA?
(a) To buy Islamic books.
(b) To take down Hizballah.
(c) To cross the Green Line.
(d) To tie a CIA agent to Mughniyah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Masud Barzani's nemesis?

2. What made confirming the information of the Iraqi Major General difficult?

3. What did Sheila Heslin not know about the CIA according to Robert?

4. What were "access agents"?

5. Why did Robert want to recruit a Russian officer as an agent?

(see the answer keys)

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