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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "Employment Opportunities Abroad".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have many Burmese become communists?
(a) Because communists are the winning team
(b) Because the communists offer them more money
(c) Because they believe the communists are against the Westerners, who have behaved unjustly
(d) Because Americans are ugly

2. What famous general did Krupitzyn work with in China?
(a) Mao Tse-tung
(b) Colin Powell
(c) George Patton
(d) Douglass MacArthur

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

4. How many men are in Father Finian's group, including hiim?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Nine
(c) Three
(d) Fifteen

5. 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) No need to learn the culture, just hang out with the Americans
(b) We are only accepting applications from those who already know the language
(c) You must be fluent in the language before we can send you
(d) You need a working knowledge of the language

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dexter Peterson?

2. Why do Soviet embassies employ only Soviets for service personnel?

3. Who is Lucky, Lucky Lou #1?

4. What skills did Ambassador Krupitzyn learn before the Soviets assigned him to Sarkhan?

5. How does Deong plan to cause Colvin to fail?

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