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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Like Bush, Gerson calls himself an evangelical Christian and compassionate ______________.
(a) Republican
(b) Public servant
(c) Prophet
(d) Conservative

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

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

4. _________ is an ex-SEAL, fluent in Arabic, and tasked with leading a team of seven from Turkey to halfway to Baghdad.
(a) Tim
(b) Saul
(c) Paul
(d) Ned

5. What will the strike on Iraq be deemed if only the US is involved in the actual fighting?
(a) Lateral
(b) Reduced
(c) Robust
(d) Unilateral

6. Iraq is now in the hands of ____________, even though CIA resources in the area are small.
(a) Donald Rumsfeld
(b) Tommy Franks
(c) Tim
(d) Saul

7. Rice likes Cheney's charge that the _____________ is becoming irrelevant and a mockery.
(a) Protestors
(b) United Nations
(c) Congress
(d) Troops

8. Bush just wants an _____________, the end of Saddam and WMD, which he impresses upon Gerson for his speech.
(a) Agreement
(b) Award
(c) Overall solution
(d) Outcome

9. Bush dismisses the story in the New York Times about _____________ growing involvement in foreign policy decisions.
(a) Dick Cheney's
(b) Colin Powell's
(c) Karl Rove's
(d) Donald Rumsfeld's

10. Using stoplight graphics that Bush enjoys, Franks charts ________ of when month-by-month events can and should proceed.
(a) Timings
(b) Deadlines
(c) Goalposts
(d) Expectations

11. The CIA has identified three major threats to security at the time of Bush's beginnings in office. What is NOT one of these threats?
(a) Proliferation of WMD
(b) Al Qaeda network
(c) North Korean nuclear weapon usage
(d) Rise of the Chinese military

12. The ____________ worries about short munitions and the effect on efforts in Afghanistan.
(a) Army
(b) Air Force
(c) Marines
(d) Navy

13. Powell recalls the saying of _____________: "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
(a) George H.W. Bush
(b) John F Kennedy
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Robert E. Lee

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

15. This chapter reinforces how vital ________ efforts are and shows one member of intelligence able to read Bush's signals.
(a) Tim's
(b) Karl Rove's
(c) Tommy Frank's
(d) Dick Cheney's

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bush is in Texas, _________ chairs a line by line review of a draft National Security Presidential Directive.

2. Bush's preemptive doctrine is _________________ no nation should accept.

3. What does the false story about the regime include in order to sell the war plans?

4. Though the media says that Bush has highly detailed war plans, ____________says they are prepared, but have not decided to go to war.

5. Wolfowitz sees no need to bog down troops in the mountains when _________ offers a brittle battle.

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