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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The prevailing opinion was that Baathist insurgents could only be dealt with by using what?
(a) Assassinations..
(b) Unconventional methods.
(c) Remote surveillance.
(d) Kidnappings.

2. What was the pentagon's first reaction when there were supply-line and reinforcement issues during the first week of the Iraq war?
(a) Anger.
(b) Worry.
(c) Complaint.
(d) Fear.

3. Which Secretary of State was presented with a review in December 2001 that said Iraq was not reconstituting their nuclear program?
(a) Cheney.
(b) Locksmith.
(c) Rice.
(d) Powell.

4. By late 2003, there was an escalation of the covert war in Iraq using who?
(a) U.S. Army Rangers.
(b) Navy Seals.
(c) Marine Recon.
(d) Special Forces.

5. Foreign-agent reports and electronic intercepts are what type of intelligence?
(a) Electronic intelligence.
(b) Gathered data.
(c) Verified intelligence.
(d) Raw intelligence.

6. The Bush Administration refused to entertain the notion of giving the Syrian government access to Washington via what?
(a) The F.B.I.
(b) The C.I.A.
(c) The I.A.E.A.
(d) The State Department.

7. What is another name for uranium ore?
(a) Yellowmix.
(b) Yellowbake.
(c) Yellowpad.
(d) Yellowcake.

8. Who did the Special Plans team want to discredit?
(a) F.B.I.
(b) O.S.S.
(c) C.I.A.
(d) D.I.A.

9. The Saudi Princes are shown, in the media, as always doing what?
(a) Partying.
(b) Studying.
(c) Praying.
(d) Helping others.

10. President Bush mentioned the uranium deal with Niger in what speech?
(a) State of the Nation to Congress.
(b) Weekly Congressional address.
(c) Weekly radio address.
(d) State of the Union.

11. The Saudi oil supply can best be characterized, in this book, as what?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Plentiful.
(c) Secure.
(d) Scarce.

12. Hussein had used what type of banned weapons in the past?
(a) Nuclear.
(b) Land mines.
(c) Chemical.
(d) Military.

13. When did the C.I.A. present President Bush with information that Pakistan was sharing nuclear information with North Korea?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

14. Legal experts were not questioning the legal aspects of assassination, but the ______ of such a policy.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Results.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Effects.

15. Dr. A. Q. Khan said that he dealt black market nuclear materials to whom?
(a) Jordan and Sudan.
(b) Iran and Sudan.
(c) Iran and Libya.
(d) Egypt and Libya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Musharraf has presided over Pakistan since when?

2. State-sponsored assassinations had been banned by presidential order since when?

3. One of the documents used to support the Iraq-Niger connection was dated October 10, 2000 and signed by a person that had been out of office since when?

4. Who fought against the Americans, when planning thought they would fight with the Americans?

5. Who urges the U.S. to seal the border between Iraq and Iran in 2003?

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