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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 the operation that the message from Tony Lake said was compromised?

2. What was Robert given before being shipped to Beirut in Chapter 8?

3. What unit did Talabani attack?

4. Why was picking the trail of the embassy bombing difficult according to Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What group did Hasan join?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did the general want?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term whistleblower, and discuss why the Justice Department decision not to pursue the White House's oil dealings in 1997.

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