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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 is the potential downside of all of General Flood's suggestions for dealing with the problem at the Baghdad hospital?
(a) Environmental damage.
(b) Spies could leak news of the plans to Saddam Hussein.
(c) War could be declared by other Arab countries.
(d) Collateral damage, i.e., the killing of innocent civilians.

2. What is Donatella's reaction when Mitch surprises her at her office?
(a) She embraces him & seems genuinely pleased to see him.
(b) She throws a vase at him and screams at him to get out.
(c) She summons security to escort him back out.
(d) She refuses to see him.

3. Why does Freidman tell the assassin assigned to kill Donatella to take a team with him rather than making it a solo job?
(a) Donatella may have assistance from a team of her own.
(b) Donatella is too dangerous to pursue alone.
(c) Donatella won't be expecting a team.
(d) If one member of the team fails, another may succeed.

4. In Chapter Six, why doesn't Mitch think he can take the job Irene Kennedy has offered him?
(a) The salary is too low.
(b) He prefers to work abroad.
(c) He wants to start his own business.
(d) He doesn't think he could stand the boring routine.

5. To where does Mitch tell Anna he's going when he leaves her shopping in Milan's Prada store to go see Donatella?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) The hotel.
(d) A bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mark Ellis' father do for a living?

2. What is Donatella's response when Mitch asks who hired her to kill Peter Cameron?

3. How do the President's military advisers suggest increasing the odds of their plan for the Baghdad hospital actually working?

4. When Steveken visits Rudin's office, why does Rudin lead him out of the office to meet at a nearby coffee shop instead?

5. What does Irene Kennedy tell the President in Chapter Ten that Saddam Hussein has hidden under a Baghdad hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Colonel Gray suggest to the President to increase the odds of the Delta Force's plan working?

2. In Chapter Eleven, how do the President's top military advisers suggest dealing with the situation in Baghdad?

3. Why does Jonathan Brown want to participate in a conspiracy to bring down Irene Kennedy?

4. Why doesn't Mitch want the CIA desk job Irene Kennedy offers him?

5. How do the photos Irene Kennedy shows the President help verify the accuracy of the information Israel has provided about Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons?

6. What problems does Senator Hank Clark's current marriage have, and how does Clark intend to resolve these problems?

7. How is Israel's request for America to take care of Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons essentially blackmail?

8. Why is it ironic that Donatella needs morphine after she is wounded by Rosenthal?

9. Why does Freidman select Marc Rosenthal to assassinate Donatella?

10. Why does Mark Ellis oppose Irene Kennedy becoming the new CIA director?

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