28. Document Project 28: The Iran-Contra Affair

Quiz for Document 28.8 Oliver North, Testimony to Congress, July 1987

Quiz for Document 28.8: Oliver North, Testimony to Congress, July 1987

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to Oliver North, what was the underlying reason for continued American involvement in Nicaragua?

Honduran sympathies

Fear of Nicaraguan uprising

Support for the Sandinista

Anticommunism

2. What responsibility did North feel he bore for his role in the Iran-Contra Affair?

All of it since he was the man on the ground

None of it since he was following the president’s wishes

Some of it, but he was only following his orders

Some of it, but it was mostly the responsibility of his superiors

3. According to North, what was the effect of the Boland Amendment on the funding for the rebels?

The money dried up.

It became difficult to get but not impossible.

The rebels disappeared without any support.

Other nations provided the money.

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