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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the President hesitate to bomb the Baghdad hospital to destroy what Saddam Hussein has hidden underneath it?
(a) He isn't convinced Saddam's hiding anything under it.
(b) He secretly supports Saddam Hussein.
(c) He doesn't want to start a war.
(d) He doesn't want to kill the innocent people inside.

2. What organization does Ben Freidman head?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Mossad, Israel's intelligence organization.
(c) The KGB.
(d) Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization.

3. In Chapter Fourteen, why does Marc Rosenthal arrive in Milan?
(a) To meet Mitch.
(b) To kill Donatella.
(c) To shop for designer clothes.
(d) To meet Ben Freidman.

4. What is the potential downside of all of General Flood's suggestions for dealing with the problem at the Baghdad hospital?
(a) Spies could leak news of the plans to Saddam Hussein.
(b) War could be declared by other Arab countries.
(c) Collateral damage, i.e., the killing of innocent civilians.
(d) Environmental damage.

5. At the beginning of Chapter Sixteen, where is Donatella?
(a) On a plane to New York.
(b) In her office at the House of Armani.
(c) At a beach in Acapulco.
(d) On a Caribbean cruise ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What third option does General Flood suggest to the President in Chapter Eleven for dealing with the problem at the Baghdad hospital?

2. What is Yanta's relationship to Rosenthal?

3. In Chapter Twelve, why doesn't Hank Clark want to risk a divorce from his third wife?

4. What does Ben Freidman say Israel wants the U.S. to do about the problem he's come to reveal?

5. What is Mitch's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the concept of congressional oversight in terms of the intelligence community and why Rudin thinks Irene Kennedy does not support the concept.

2. Why does Mitch think the men who attack Donatella in her apartment are from Mossad?

3. Why does Freidman select Marc Rosenthal to assassinate Donatella?

4. Describe the conspiracy in which Hank Clark wants Jonathan Brown to engage in Chapter Twelve.

5. What happens to Mitch in Germany when he goes to assassinate Count Hagenmiller?

6. What does Hank Clark's hiring of Ben Freidman to murder the woman who killed Peter Cameron indicate about Clark's role in Cameron's death?

7. How does Mitch manage to get away from Anna long enough to meet with Donatella?

8. Why doesn't Donatella tell Mitch who hired her to kill Peter Cameron the first time he asks?

9. What plan does Colonel Gray suggest to the President to increase the odds of the Delta Force's plan working?

10. How do the photos Irene Kennedy shows the President help verify the accuracy of the information Israel has provided about Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons?

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