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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made confirming the information of the Iraqi Major General difficult?
(a) The lack of support from Washington.
(b) The lack of computers.
(c) The lack of a terrorism unit.
(d) The lack of CIA agents in Iraq.

2. What represented the biggest hindrance to the CIA doing its job?
(a) Washington politics.
(b) Lebanese agents.
(c) Robert's chief.
(d) KGB agents.

3. What is Tajikistan compared to the other republics of the former Soviet Union?
(a) The poorest and most isolated.
(b) The most rich.
(c) The most dangerous.
(d) The most isolated.

4. How was Robert brought to the Lebanese Embassy?
(a) In a tank.
(b) By boat.
(c) By Blackhawk helicopters.
(d) In a car.

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

6. How did Robert characterize young French intelligence officers?
(a) Snobs.
(b) Focused.
(c) Obsessed.
(d) Politically correct.

7. What did Robert not know concerning Washington?
(a) That Washington had stopped caring whether Saddam stayed in power or not.
(b) That Washington wanted to unseat Saddam.
(c) That Washington wanted to take over Iraq.
(d) That Washington wanted to indict CIA agents.

8. Where did the CIA decrease its recruiting efforts according to Robert?
(a) Europe.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) Asia.
(d) Russia.

9. How did Robert treat Hasan?
(a) Like an enemy.
(b) Like a double spy.
(c) Like a friend.
(d) Like an agent.

10. Beside contacts, what did the CIA rely on for intelligence in Beirut?
(a) Aerial reconnaissance.
(b) Third party information.
(c) Human agents.
(d) Wire taps.

11. What unit did Talabani attack?
(a) A brigade from the 38th division.
(b) A brigade from the 34th division.
(c) A brigade from the 34th division.
(d) A brigade from the 36th division.

12. What was Jean's specialty according to Robert?
(a) Kidnapping Americans.
(b) Bombing embassies.
(c) Assassinating Americans.
(d) Kidnapping and killing Muslims.

13. When did Mughniyah join Yasir Arafat?
(a) As a young adult.
(b) As a middle aged man.
(c) As a young teen.
(d) As an adult.

14. What group were the CIA agents told they should no longer consider as the enemy?
(a) THe DGSE.
(b) The KGB.
(c) The FSB.
(d) The FBI.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before it was set to take place was Tony Lake's message received?

2. What was Yuri Abramov's rank when Robert met him?

3. When was the CIA bureau in Tajikistan able to resume operations?

4. Why was Ahmad Chalabi considered an outsider among Iraqi dissidents?

5. Why would a conflict between Kurds have the potential to foil the coup against Saddam in Chapter 16?

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