Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Seymour Hersh
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Seymour Hersh
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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. President Bush was documented as stating that he has the authority to suspend the Geneva Convention if what?
(a) The need arose.
(b) He felt like it.
(c) The intelligence was needed.
(d) The situations called for it.

2. What city is Abu Ghraib located on the outskirts of?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Karlsbad.
(d) Baghdad.

3. When did the Northern Alliance take Kabul?
(a) November 2001.
(b) October 2001.
(c) December 2001.
(d) September 2001.

4. How many American soldiers were put into the field with the first Gulf War?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 550,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 650,000.

5. Where were the Egyptians taken when seized from Sweden?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Israel.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to comments, who had lowered the bar and provided an excuse to ignore the Geneva Conventions in the future?

2. The Administration said there was no way an event such as 9/11 could have been what?

3. Whom did the Iraqi National Congress oppose?

4. What does C.I.A. stand for?

5. When did the story break about abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the questions that we will never know the answer to about the Bush presidency?

2. What was the Office of Special Plans?

3. What did inspectors find in Libyan nuclear inspections?

4. What was the experience of the military with previous assassination programs during the Vietnam War?

5. What was the positive spin the media put on the first day of operations in Operation Anaconda?

6. What were some of the early problems facing the U.S. forces in the Iraq war?

7. What describes Hersh's attitude towards the U.S. government after 9/11?

8. What happened to the U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force when they went to get Mullah Omar?

9. When was a chance to develop an ally in Syria thwarted?

10. What was Perle seen as having the ability to do?

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