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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Robert's interlocutor expect to hit Hafiz Al-Asad?
(a) With a gun.
(b) With a knife.
(c) By poisoning him.
(d) With a missile.

2. What university did Robert go to?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Georgetown University.
(d) Stanford.

3. What was the CIA's concern regarding the man Robert was assigned to study?
(a) An insecure spender.
(b) A KGB triple agent.
(c) An Indian officer.
(d) A member of a Mafia family.

4. What couldn't be done in a safe house?
(a) Discussing operations.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Dinners.

5. What could Robert Baer not afford?
(a) A car.
(b) A trip to Washington.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A lawyer.

6. What did Robert identify as a vulnerability in his Arab contact?
(a) His lust for money.
(b) His clan.
(c) His pro-Soviet sensibility.
(d) His pro-American sensibility.

7. Where did Robert's interlocutor in Dortmund want Hafiz Al-Asad removed from?
(a) Iran.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Libya.
(d) Syria.

8. When did Robert Baer work for the man who summoned him?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

9. Who was kidnapped in Lebanon?
(a) One low level CIA agent.
(b) The CIA Beirut Chief.
(c) Three consulate employees.
(d) Two American tourists.

10. When did the man that supported Robert and his mother call them back home?
(a) After a trip to Moscow.
(b) After a trip to London.
(c) After a trip to Paris.
(d) After a trip to Berlin.

11. How does Robert describe the first Intelligence Bureau he was assigned to?
(a) Lazy and ignorant.
(b) Skilled and diligent.
(c) Diligent, but making right decisions.
(d) Small and skilled.

12. How many servants did Robert have in his first safe house?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

13. What was Robert's first assignment designed to do according to Baer?
(a) Ensured the CIA of his loyalty.
(b) Separated men from boys.
(c) Introduced him to the CIA.
(d) Made him meet new people.

14. How did Robert get close to Indian Military officers?
(a) During a conference.
(b) During a hunting weekend.
(c) In a casino.
(d) During a weapons test.

15. What was the predecessor of the CIA?
(a) The Office of Foreign Intelligence.
(b) The Office of Strategic Services.
(c) The Office of Strategic Services.
(d) The Office of Foreign Agents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were CIA agents placed in safe houses?

2. Where do most CIA case officers spend their days?

3. What was Milt Bearden the chief of?

4. What was Robert assigned to under Clarridge?

5. What nickname did the CIA main training ground have?

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