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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization does U Maung Swe speak of that provided aid in an acceptable manner?

2. Who interferes with Hillandale and causes this progress to be lost?

3. Who do Wolchek, MacWhite and Monet have to answer to for their successful battle against the Communists?

4. Who is Thomas Elmer Knox?

5. In 1958, what percentage of the Foreign Service officer corps could speak a language other than English?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would you do if you were President? Is the title of Chapter 13. If you were President of the USA in 1955 and read this book, list the top twenty actions you would take to address the problems outlined in The Ugly American.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is "The Ugly American," and in every chapter, there is someone who fits this description, when defining "ugly" in more than the traditional sense. Review each chapter and define how the main character was "ugly." In Chapter 1, it is Louis Sears, calling the natives strange little monkeys. In Chapter 13, it is the State Department. Prepare a list with the name of the "ugly" person or entity and explain by what definition they are ugly.

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