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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the CIA become according to Robert?
(a) Resigned to other governments.
(b) Politically correct.
(c) Supporters of terrorists.
(d) An ally and partner.

2. What did Sheila Heslin not know about the CIA according to Robert?
(a) That they were no longer considered helpful.
(b) That they were not up to date on the tabloids.
(c) They were not a news clipping service.
(d) That he was not responsible for providing her with intel.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 associated with a land line.
(d) A phone number on the Christian east side.

8. What was Masud Barzani in the business of?
(a) Oil smuggling.
(b) Weapons smuggling.
(c) Drug smuggling.
(d) Animal smuggling.

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

10. 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 soldier in the Egyptian Army.
(c) He was a lieutenant in the Egyptian army.
(d) He was a soldier in the Lebanese army.

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

12. When was Robert's appointment with Fred Turco on March 15?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 11 a.m.

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

14. Why did Robert want to recruit a Russian officer as an agent?
(a) To gather access to a Russian military base.
(b) To know Russia's plan to fight Islamic fundamentalism.
(c) To find out if fundamentalists had infiltrated the CIA.
(d) To know whether the agent could ski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Masud Barzani's nemesis?

2. When did the State Department arrange for evacuation of all embassy employees and CIA personnel?

3. Who was oblivious to the connection between the Pan Am 103 bombing and Iran, Lybia, and a Command group?

4. What organization did Muhammad Hafiz Dalqamuni belong to?

5. What did Robert ask Farid to do?

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