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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs Knox about the Conference he is attending?

2. What Senate Committee does he chair?

3. Who is the new Ambassador to Sarkhan?

4. When Hillandale visits the capital city of Sarkhan, what sort of shop does he notice outnumbers all the others?

5. Who is Homer Atkins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were MacWhite's acknowledged mistakes in Sarkhan? List them, and describe how he could have prevented them.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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