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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ learns the Pentagon is revising a massive Iraq war plan and he cannot believe they would do this while already at war.
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) George Bush
(c) Tommy Franks
(d) Colin Powell

2. Bush in his speech brings together North Korea, Iran, and Iraq to become the ____________.
(a) Enemies of Freedom
(b) Axis of Evil
(c) Latest allies in war
(d) Targets of Terror

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

4. Bush later recalls that Tommy Franks confirmed that the war is absolutely _____________.
(a) Unnecessary
(b) Tragic
(c) Just
(d) Winnable

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

Short Answer 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.

2. Rumsfeld orders plans for the "Liberation of ____________" and postwar stability operations.

3. Powell is beginning to show his anger at always being below ____________ in the pecking order.

4. The New York Times reports the administration is charging Iraq with buying ___________ to use in enriching uranium for a bomb.

5. 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?

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