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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bush on September 19 tells 11 congressmen that al Qaeda is being hunted down successfully, so Saddam and his ________ are the biggest threat.
(a) Sons
(b) Plans
(c) Soliders
(d) WMDs

2. Elder Bush's NSA declared an attack on Iraq will turn the Middle East into a _____________, setting back the war on terrorism.
(a) Cauldron
(b) Third World country
(c) Death zone
(d) Whirlpool

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

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

5. Bush releases the proposed language of the resolution, and the Washington Post declares Bush has virtually routed the ____________.
(a) Democrats
(b) Republicans
(c) Saudi Arabians
(d) Iraqis

6. ____________ is the strength of any military plan, says Powell, and advises Franks to keep the force as small as is practical.
(a) Surprise
(b) Power
(c) Intelligence
(d) Realism

7. Michael Gerson works on the ____________ speech for President Bush to give to the country.
(a) Fireside
(b) Inaugural
(c) War demands
(d) State of the Union

8. Rumsfeld tangles with Powell about UN sanctions on ____________ items Powell knows the French and Russians want reconsidered.
(a) Nuclear
(b) Combat
(c) Dual use
(d) Engagement

9. Ground commanders will know their foes better than they know themselves by accessing the secure ______________.
(a) Zircon Chat
(b) SAT phones
(c) Internet connection
(d) SIGNIT files

10. Snowcroft, a private consultant, publishes in the Wall Stress Journal a piece stating ______________ is not connected to 9/11.
(a) Bin Laden
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) North Korea
(d) Saddam

11. The ______________ attacks define Bush's presidency as Pearl Harbor defined FDR's time in office.
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Iraqi force
(c) Anti-war
(d) 9/11

12. Rice explains how ____________ can serve as a model for nuclear disarmament.
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) The United States
(c) North Korea
(d) South Africa

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

14. The senators cannot frame an effective critique of Bush's request for a ______________.
(a) Blank check
(b) Covert assassination attempt
(c) War
(d) Hearing

15. What is the name of the book George W. Bush reads to learn more about the big stick diplomacy policy?
(a) The Life and Times of FDR
(b) Theodore Rex
(c) Walk Softly: A President's Mission
(d) No More War Without Violence

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A ____________ run after Bush's Axis of Evil speech determines signals intelligence on Iraq is negligible.

3. Bush wants Congress to pass a resolution supporting ______________ against Saddam.

4. The ____________ document states that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, but then telegraphs doubts in this assertion.

5. Even ____________ likes Powell's pitch for going to the United Nations for support of the war effort.

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