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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 Jean's specialty according to Robert?

2. What did Arafat hand over to the Iranians when he left Beirut?

3. Where did Arafat settle after being banned from Syria?

4. What could kill the plan to overthrow Saddam?

5. Beside contacts, what did the CIA rely on for intelligence in Beirut?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the general want?

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

4. What did Robert spend a day doing when the fighting broke out in Dushanbe?

5. What did Robert's boss in Washington call to ask Robert?

6. What happened to the State Department and the CIA at the end of Chapter 12?

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

8. What was Robert assigned to for riling up the National Security Adviser?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the limitations put on CIA agents, and analyze their importance.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Barzani with Jalal Talabani, and discuss the similarities and differences between the two men.

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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