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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the State Department arrange for evacuation of all embassy employees and CIA personnel?
(a) When they tried to take a State Department hostage.
(b) When fighting broke out in Dushanbe.
(c) When a diplomat was attacked.
(d) When the State Department received a bomb threat.

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

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

5. What were "access agents"?
(a) Agents that specialized in keys.
(b) Agents with access to weapons.
(c) Agents that drove cars.
(d) Agents that didn't know anything but had access to those who did.

Short Answer Questions

1. What force did Yasir Arafat create?

2. What was Tony Lake's position in 1995?

3. How were the Americans taken to the airfield when they were evacuated from Tajikistan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Arafat was forced out of Beirut in 1982?

2. What did Yasir Arafat serve in according to Chapter 11?

3. What happened on March 6, 1995 in Chapter 18?

4. What happened on March 22, 1995 according to Chapter 19?

5. What fact fed into the myth about Saddam according to Chapter 15?

6. What orders did the State Department give, and how did CIA agents approach the situation?

7. What was Robert's focus when assigned to Northern Iraq in Chapter 14?

8. Who was Chuck McKee and what happened to him in Chapter 12?

9. What did Talabani tell Robert when they arrived at a one story cinder block building?

10. What was Robert unable to do at the start of Chapter 10?

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