Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles.

the cia planning was extraordinary. questions were asked. problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. with information provided by an informant in the soviet state-run telephone operation, the u. s. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under schonefelder chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of berlin.

which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in the passage?

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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.

The CIA planning was extraordinary. Questions were asked. Problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. With information provided by an informant in the Soviet state-run telephone operation, the U.S. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under Schonefelder Chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of Berlin.

Which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in the passage?

A. The US government planned a spy mission in Eastern Germany to obtain information.

B. The US government’s skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission.

C. The United States worked with other Allied countries to create a tunnel under a highway in Berlin.

D. The United States violated international rules of diplomacy when spying on the Russians in Berlin.

The statement that best describes the author's viewpoint in the passage is:

B. The US government’s skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission.

Explanation:

The passage we are analyzing here makes a clear compliment to the US government abilities in espionage. It uses a specific occurrence, a certain plan that was executed, to show how the combination of research and intelligence was successful. In order to make its plan succeed, the US would use everything and everyone available, even informants in rival countries. Studying, anticipating problems, proposing solutions, carrying it all out with attention to details, all of that made it an extraordinary planning. Having that in mind, we can safely choose letter B as the best option.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.