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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Kurds could not keep secrets.
(d) It would give focus on the general.

2. How much money did Robert give Isam to show his seriousness?
(a) $500.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $1,000.

3. What organization did Muhammad Hafiz Dalqamuni belong to?
(a) The General Command.
(b) The Advanced Command.
(c) The Basic Command.
(d) The Investigation Command.

4. What was Yuri Abramov in the Russian army?
(a) An artilleryman.
(b) A infantryman.
(c) An aviator.
(d) A paratrooper.

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

6. Where did Arafat settle after being banned from Syria?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Tunis.
(c) Baghdad.
(d) Raba.

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

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

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

10. Why did Robert ask to be reassigned from Morocco?
(a) It was a chaotic city.
(b) It was boring.
(c) It was dangerous.
(d) It was a desk job.

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

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

13. What was Muhammad Hummadah previously part of?
(a) The embassy bombing in Yemen.
(b) The TWA-847 hijacking.
(c) The bombing of Pan Am 103.
(d) The embassy bombing in Beirut.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert not know concerning Washington?

2. What is Tajikistan compared to the other republics of the former Soviet Union?

3. What is a sterile number?

4. Who were Arafat and 4,000 of his followers evacuated by?

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

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