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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chalabi do when he received Tony Lake's cable?
(a) He collapsed on the couch.
(b) He punched a wall.
(c) He collapsed on the floor.
(d) He jumped up and down.

2. Who detained Chalabi?
(a) Barzani's men.
(b) CIA agents.
(c) Talabani's men.
(d) Saddam's men.

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

4. When was Father Lawrence Jenco released?
(a) July 1984.
(b) July 1983.
(c) Jule 1986.
(d) July 1985.

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

6. Why did Saddam mobilize his army in northern Iraq?
(a) He learned that the United States was planning a coup.
(b) He learned that there were rebels gathering there.
(c) He learned that the Turkish army was ready to strike.
(d) He learned that the Kurds gathered forces.

7. How were the Americans taken to the airfield when they were evacuated from Tajikistan?
(a) Using Russian tanks.
(b) Using a Blackhawk helicopter.
(c) Using a military transport.
(d) Using an armored car.

8. What did Masud Barzani's nemesis want to do ?
(a) Attack Saddam's army.
(b) Detain Barzani.
(c) Assassinate Barzani.
(d) Kill the Kurds.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who were Arafat and 4,000 of his followers evacuated by?
(a) The French Navy.
(b) The Germany Navy.
(c) The United States Navy.
(d) The Italian Navy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the Abdallah barracks taken over by according to Robert?

2. Why did the U.S. drop out of the Embassy bombing investigation?

3. What did Yasir Arafat serve as before joining the Muslim Brotherhood according to Chapter 11?

4. How did Robert wake after several days in a run down hotel?

5. Where did Robert stop on his way to Dushanbe in Chapter 13?

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