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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Robert penalized?
(a) He gave support to Talabani.
(b) He riled up Tony Lake.
(c) He helped to plan the coup without authorization.
(d) He leaked information.

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

3. Why was picking the trail of the embassy bombing difficult according to Chapter 10?
(a) Robert was in New York.
(b) Robert didn't have access to CIA communication.
(c) Robert was on the Christian side of Lebanon.
(d) The terrorists were good at covering their tracks.

4. When was the CIA bureau in Tajikistan able to resume operations?
(a) When the ex-communists took over the government.
(b) When Robert recruited a Russian agent.
(c) When everyone was evacuated.
(d) When rebels took over the government.

5. What was Tony Lake's position in 1995?
(a) He was the head of the CIA.
(b) He was the head of the FBI.
(c) He was the head of the homeland security.
(d) He was the president's national security advisor.

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

7. Where did Robert go after leaving Beirut in Chapter 12?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

8. What people of Iraq was not officially under Saddam's rule in 1995?
(a) The Kurd.
(b) The Shiits.
(c) The Sunni.
(d) The Bass.

9. What was Ahmad Chalabi the head of?
(a) The Lebanese Congress.
(b) The Iraqi National Congress.
(c) The Kurdish Army.
(d) The Iraqi Dissident Group.

10. Where did Robert stop on his way to Dushanbe in Chapter 13?
(a) Dusseldorf.
(b) Bonn.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Berlin.

11. Why was Ahmad Chalabi considered an outsider among Iraqi dissidents?
(a) He was responsible for genocide.
(b) He grew up in Lebanon and studied in America.
(c) He studied in France.
(d) He embezelled money.

12. 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.

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

14. How many CIA agents were under suspicion in 1995?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

15. Who did the CIA turn over counterespionage to after the Rick Ames incident?
(a) To the Secret Service.
(b) To the FBI.
(c) To the NSA.
(d) To local Police Departments.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chuck McKee die?

2. What did Talabani do when he saw Robert on the front line?

3. What was Robert and Tom's mission?

4. When was Robert's appointment with Fred Turco on March 15?

5. Beside contacts, what did the CIA rely on for intelligence in Beirut?

(see the answer keys)

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