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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 word did Robert think had a dark tone?

2. What did Sheila Heslin not know about the CIA according to Robert?

3. How much did the State Department ask of foreign diplomats who wanted to be evacuated?

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

5. What highjacking was Mughniyah linked to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What order did Robert receive after he jumped out of an AN-2 biplane?

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

3. What group did Hasan join?

4. Who was Jada?

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

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

7. What meeting did Jean arrange?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Discuss the relationship between two countries and why these countries were opposed to one another.

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