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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Muhammad Hummadah previously part of?

2. What did the CIA become according to Robert?

3. What group were the CIA agents told they should no longer consider as the enemy?

4. What was Ahmad Chalabi the head of?

5. What made confirming the information of the Iraqi Major General difficult?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jada?

2. What did Robert do at the CIA office in Tajikistan?

3. Who was Ahmad Chalabi, and why was he without support?

4. What did the general know when he went to Damascus in Chapter 17?

5. How did Robert treat Hasan when Hasan came to the CIA office?

6. Why did the Kurds dislike Saddam according to Chapter 16?

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

8. What happened a few hours before the coup?

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

10. What did Robert ask for during his time in Rabat, Morocco according to Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the use of new reconnaissance systems with the use of agents overseas, and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two contacts Robert made, and examine the significance these contacts had in information gathering methods.

Essay Topic 3

Find examples of secrecy in the CIA and the government, and trace this theme or mantra throughout the book, examining both its benefits and drawbacks.

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