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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Asch's first clue that something was distracting Boning?
(a) Boning was dozing during the conference and answering the questions slowly
(b) Boning was drinking too much coffee at the conference
(c) Boning was missing from the conference
(d) Boning was taking his shoes off during the conference

2. What Senate Committee does he chair?
(a) Ways and Means
(b) Judicial Review
(c) Foreign Affairs
(d) Armament & Manpower

3. Why does Asch think it is necessary that his delegation answers the questions firmly and quickly?
(a) To please the Soviets
(b) To save money
(c) To avoid an air of condescension
(d) To save time

4. What project does MacWhite give Atkins to work on?
(a) Discover who Donald and Roger are reporting to in the communist party
(b) Building dams and roads in Sarkhan
(c) Finding an assignment for John Colvin
(d) Create a way for Sarkhanese people to get water from the hills

5. What example of "tinsel" does U Maung Swe offer?
(a) Items used to decorate Christmas Trees in the Sarkhanese homes
(b) Promises to Burma of a mobile floating dredge which turned out to be a rusting old stationery dredge which even the Americans could not get to work
(c) News coverage of the Miss Sarkhan Pageant
(d) Rotten produce flown in from San Francisco

6. What was the reaction of Wolcheck and Monet's superiors to the details of the battle?
(a) They appluded the men and promoted them
(b) They promised to take the suggestions under advisement
(c) They were given bonuses in their next paychecks
(d) They were shocked and decided to reprimand them for going against everything the men had been taught in the military

7. Senator Brown wanted to talk to real soldiers and natives. Who did he talk to?
(a) Only people placed by the embassy
(b) Embassy staff and their spouses
(c) Real soldiers and natives
(d) Actors and actresses

8. Who is Solomon Asch?
(a) The Ambassdor to Sarkhan from the Soviet Union
(b) A Chinese offical in Vietnam
(c) Head of the American Delegation to the Special Armament section of the Asia Conference?
(d) Head of the Sarkhanese Delegation to the Special Armament section of the Asian Conference

9. The authors say the American embassies overseas are so busy trying to entertain visiting American VIP's that they resemble what?
(a) Brothels
(b) Tourist agencies
(c) Carnivals
(d) Corporations

10. What do the authors say substitute training in selection of ambassadors for American embassies?
(a) Anglo-american names, corporate connections and social skills
(b) Language skills and a background in psychology
(c) Standing up for what is right and voicing an opinion
(d) Personal wealth, political loyalty and the ability to stay out of trouble

11. The authors say America should stop selling guns and money and sell what instead?
(a) Bananas
(b) The dignity of freedom
(c) Rice
(d) Books

12. What does Emma do to introduce the longer handled brooms?
(a) She buys time on the local television station for an advertisement
(b) She opens her own store
(c) She hires a salesperson to peddle the new invention
(d) Finds a local reed that will work and uses it herself in front of the villagers

13. In 1958, what percentage of the Foreign Service officer corps could speak a language other than English?
(a) 85
(b) 10
(c) 50%
(d) 100

14. How does the Vietnam ambassador prepare for the Senator's visit?
(a) By engineering every facet of the visit to make the embassy look good
(b) By hiring a public relations person for the trip
(c) By repainting the embassy
(d) By erecting a statue to the Senator on embassy grounds

15. What are the main requests MacWhite makes for a change of policy in foreign service personnel?
(a) Better training as cooks, recruit blonde women only, and raise the salary of the Ambassador
(b) Learn the language of the country assigned to, commit to two years, no luxuries, no private autos, be well versed in communism ideology
(c) Reduce pay for servants, limit the number of parties per week, and ride bicycles to work
(d) Bring only military style clothes, restrict travel within the country, and no fraternization with natives

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Boning?

2. What is Finian's Station?

3. What type of home does he choose in Sarkhan?

4. What event does Hillandale get invited to soon after arriving in Sarkhan?

5. The authors say America will lose its freedom not in a nuclear cataclysm but how?

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