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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cheney promise the Saudi King as a liaison of President George H.W. Bush?
(a) U.S. will no longer have an alliance with Israel.
(b) U.S. will sell as many arms to Saudi Arabia as it needs.
(c) U.S. forces will leave as soon as the war is over.
(d) U.S. will send forces whenever the Saudi King asks.

2. Why does Mike Fenzel have difficulty hearing the crisis conference in the Situation Room?
(a) Fenzel is holed in a cave that has no secure line.
(b) Mrs. Cheney prefers to listen to CNN and Dick Cheney keeps hanging up the phone.
(c) The PEOC has bad static in their teleconference monitors.
(d) Dick Cheney will not allow him to.

3. How does the U.S. affect the Iran-Iraq war?
(a) The sanctions by the U.S. on both countries affects Iran more.
(b) Helps stop the war with peace talks.
(c) Secretly gives arms to Iran.
(d) Gives intelligence to Iraq.

4. What must Cheney and his team convince the Saudi King?
(a) To ally with Israel.
(b) To attack Iraq before Iraq attacks Kuwait.
(c) To lead the alliance that protects Kuwait.
(d) To allow U.S. troops into his country's bases.

5. What punishment does President George H.W. Bush seek on Libya for the Pan Am attack?
(a) He pulls relief aid.
(b) Greater military presence in northern Africa.
(c) Military action on Libyan government buildings.
(d) U.N. sanctions on Libya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Usama bin Laden into their country?

2. Which country helps the U.S. strengthen its military presence in the Middle East?

3. What development adds to the political turmoil in the Middle East?

4. What key event does Russia provoke in 1979?

5. Why is it important to have Arab nations as allies when the U.S. goes to war against Iraq?

(see the answer key)

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