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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colin Powell sees __________ as isolated and friendless and believes he will wither.
(a) Prince Bandar
(b) Osama bin Laden
(c) George W. Bush
(d) Saddam

2. What does Bush want from Poland when he goes to talk to them about the situation in Iraq?
(a) Troops
(b) Land
(c) Weaponry
(d) Support

3. A year later, Bush tells Woodward that __________ agonizes over battlefield deaths and the domestic protests his orders might cause.
(a) Jenna
(b) Powell
(c) Armitage
(d) Laura

4. The __________, Portuguese islands in the North Atlantic, are chosen as the meeting place rather than Bermuda or London.
(a) Galapagos
(b) Azores
(c) Aleutian
(d) Virgins

5. Rumsfeld and Meyer assure Bush that Iraqi propaganda will make ________, no matter what the US does.
(a) A difference
(b) Hay
(c) Nonsense
(d) Changes

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ encourages Bush to not make the same mistake of 1938, appeasing a dictator and inviting a war.

2. Who is NOT one of Bush's allies during the time leading up to the war with Iraq?

3. What is the first full day of the Iraqi War according to the end of the book?

4. Bush releases ___________ from his coalition to keep him in office, but he refuses, appreciating the offer and the concern.

5. Pincus writes a story published March 16 "U.S. Lacks Specifics on Banned __________."

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the 33 page document "Apparatus of Lies" that the White House Communications Office prepares?

2. After months of work, what does Saul find that will help to inform the US military?

3. What does Rice say she cannot predict when it comes to war with Iraq?

4. What does Bush want to do in light of the French making a second resolution impossible?

5. What does Bush do in order to bolster the humanitarian reputation of the United States?

6. When Bush and Cheney meet with Iraqi expatriates on January 10, what does Bush tell them about Saddam?

7. What happens on April 9 as the Army and Marine forces enter Baghdad?

8. On February 24, Bush and the National Security Council are briefed on what issue?

9. Who is the logical choice for presenting the case for war to the United Nations?

10. What does Rumsfeld do that works in order not to cause any big call ups for a while?

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