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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, "The Ugly American".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?
(a) You need a working knowledge of the language
(b) No need to learn the culture, just hang out with the Americans
(c) We are only accepting applications from those who already know the language
(d) You must be fluent in the language before we can send you

2. What does MacWhite ask Atkins to do?
(a) Return to the United States
(b) Move to Burma
(c) Move to Sarkhan
(d) Leave the room

3. What are the only expenses of the people assigned to foreign service?
(a) liquor, housing and all travel
(b) food, liquor, clothes and servants
(c) clothing, lliquor and bribes
(d) housing, transportation and food

4. Who is Hamilton Bridge Upton?
(a) Head Chef at the Sarkhan embassy
(b) French Ambassador to Sarkhan
(c) An experienced consul officer who was at the recruitment meeting
(d) French Ambassador to USA

5. How did the government advertise the recruitment meeting?
(a) Ads on CNN
(b) Newspaper ads with attractive photos
(c) Word of mouth
(d) Brightly colored placards posted around Washington D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't they jump?

2. Of the names listed below, who was also a speaker at the recruitment meeting?

3. Who is Major Tex Wolchek?

4. What did the placards say about foreign service?

5. Why is the newspaperman rejected as an applicant for foreign service?

(see the answer key)

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