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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the cheery 74-year-old UN weapons inspector who is brought into Iraq to check for WMD?
(a) Mohamed ElBaradei
(b) Colin Powell
(c) George H. W. Bush
(d) Hans Blix

2. Saul sends Tim into Iraq with a crack ____________ team to recruit agents, push weak spots, and prepare for sabotage.
(a) ROCKSTAR
(b) CIA
(c) NILE
(d) NEW DAWN

3. Briefing Bush and the NSC, Franks implies recent assertions about ____________ are overblown.
(a) 9/11
(b) WMD
(c) Bin Laden
(d) Saddam

4. Bush enjoys laying down the challenge, knowing that _____________ makes possible giving diplomacy a try.
(a) UN backing
(b) Peace
(c) War planning
(d) Economic sanctions

5. The ____________ document states that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, but then telegraphs doubts in this assertion.
(a) Key Judgments
(b) Key Assumptions
(c) Contradictory Paths
(d) Major Concerns

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush and Rumsfeld decide to go to the ____________ to ask for honest opinions about Iraq.

2. Already burdened with Afghanistan operations, Franks and ___________ comply with Rumsfeld's orders.

3. Antiwar protests in Europe and in the United States will convince Saddam he is __________.

4. Bush dismisses the story in the New York Times about _____________ growing involvement in foreign policy decisions.

5. Rumsfeld's idea of dribbling deployment works and he holds off on big call-ups of reservists until after ____________.

(see the answer key)

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