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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While staying below the press radar, Tommy Franks gets ______________ to where it can be considered official.
(a) Op. Plan 1003
(b) Op. Plan 911
(c) Op. Iraqi Freedom
(d) Op. Shock and Awe

2. ___________ targets November 2002 through February 2003 for the war start, but insists he will launch anytime the President orders.
(a) Colin Powell
(b) Tommy Franks
(c) Dick Cheney
(d) Donald Rumsfeld

3. On the heels of Bush's invasion of __________, word of war planning in Iraq will ignite a firestorm.
(a) North Korea
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Poland

4. Bush recalled to Woodward that he had been sure that the Iraqis longed for _____________ and would seize the moment.
(a) Stability
(b) Freedom
(c) Help
(d) Peace

5. Franks assures George W. Bush that the plan is being tested by ____________ and takes the hint to get things moving.
(a) CIA operatives
(b) A staff of college students
(c) The JCS
(d) War games

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumsfeld tangles with Powell about UN sanctions on ____________ items Powell knows the French and Russians want reconsidered.

2. Tony Blair believes Iraq poses less _________ threat than North Korea or Iran.

3. _________ is an ex-SEAL, fluent in Arabic, and tasked with leading a team of seven from Turkey to halfway to Baghdad.

4. Snowcroft, a private consultant, publishes in the Wall Stress Journal a piece stating ______________ is not connected to 9/11.

5. The ______________ attacks define Bush's presidency as Pearl Harbor defined FDR's time in office.

(see the answer key)

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