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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the strike on Iraq be deemed if only the US is involved in the actual fighting?

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

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

4. Bush in his speech brings together North Korea, Iran, and Iraq to become the ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George W. Bush tell Rumsfeld on November 21, 2001 in a private aside?

2. What does Bush begin to demand that Iraq allows the United Nations to do within their country?

3. What does Bush reaffirm when he comes home on September 1?

4. What does Hayden foresee about the conflict in Iraq that will cause strain to the NSA?

5. What does the Franks "Generated Start Plan" mean to the planning process of the war?

6. What does Bush impress upon Gerson when he is writing a new speech for the President?

7. What is the goal of the line-by-line review by Rice of the draft National Security Presidential Directive?

8. What are the two paths that Powell sees will happen at this point of the Iraq conflict?

9. What is Wolfowitz's strategy that Colin Powell believes to be absurd when he advocates it?

10. What is the definition of targeting that Rumsfeld wants to talk about with others?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the biggest anti-war protest since Vietnam, Bush was not in the area to witness it and said that visiting the troops was more important.

Part 1: Why do you think that Bush avoided the anti-war protest?

Part 2: Do you think that protest had any impact on the outcome of the events of the war? Why or why not?

Part 3: In general, do you think protests are effective in changing the minds of others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The situation of war is never a good one - no matter what you might be fighting for and who you might be fighting to protect.

Part 1: Why do you think wars continue on in the modern world?

Part 2: Do you think mediation can be an effective way to avoid wars? Why or why not?

Part 3: Is war sometimes the only answer? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The reinspection of Iraq by the UN inspectors seems to have not gone in the direction that Bush wanted it to go.

Part 1: Do you think Bush wanted the inspectors to find more than they did? Why or why not?

Part 2: What would Bush have gained if the inspectors had found evidence of WMD? Why would this be important to him?

Part 3: Is it fair for Bush to be upset with Blix over not giving him the answers he wanted to hear? Why or why not?

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