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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 was the name of the newspaper they created to confuse the communists and tell the truth to the Burmese people?

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

3. If all the Americans were like Bob Maile, what does Ruth Jyoti say would happen in Asia?

4. What was the rumor that upset the Sarkhanese people?

5. When Hillandale leaves the northern province, what percentage of them vote for Magsaysay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the people reviewing the applications concerned about Homer Atkins?

2. Why do the men study the literature of the enemy?

3. How did the Cambodians and the French buy Henry Knox?

4. Do you think Anderson purposely sabotaged the conference?

5. Why did Finian put U Tien through the tests?

6. Why do the authors stres the importance of the upper level Embassy staff being fluent in the native language?

7. Describe the report Finian makes to his supervisors after the months of being with his friends in Burma.

8. Why do you think the northern province decided to turn against the communists and vote for an American-leaning Presidential candidate?

9. Is Homer Atikins ugly?

10. What is inherently wrong with the approach the State Department is using to recruit new employees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Donald and Roger are revealed by Li Pang to be longtime undercover spies for the communists. What embassy attitudes assisted these men in accomplishing their goals? Why were they so successful in keeping their positions at the Embassy without being discovered?

Essay Topic 2

What countries in today's world does America have difficulty understanding? List at least three. What could be done by the American government or individuals to overcome these barriers and reach a peaceful level of communication?

Essay Topic 3

Why was Mao Tse-Tung's battlefield tactics so effective? How did studying these tactics turn out for Wolchek, Monet and MacWhite? How did it hurt them?

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