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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. U.S. Special Forces were pulled out of Afghanistan and sent where?

2. When was the Bush Administration split on what to do about Iraq?

3. What government was Perle highly critical of, claiming it was a major element of the terrorism problem?

4. What term did the Pentagon use to describe the abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan?

5. What work describes Hersh's views about U.S. foriegn policy after 9/11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What evidence contradicted the Administration claims that the terrorist cells operated independently?

4. After 9/11, what was considered critical to winning the war on terror?

5. When Libya exposed the Pakistanis intentionally to curry favor with the U.S., what was Musharraf's response?

6. What was occurring when the information linking Iraq and Niger came out?

7. Why did the U.S. forces go into battle unprepared?

8. When did Perle end up resigning as Chairman of the Defense Policy Board?

9. What describes the country the Saudi royal family presides over?

10. How had several key Taliban members escaped the original Afghanistan situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing specific information to explain your answer, detail how the fights within the CIA, the Defense Department, and the Bush Administration hindered the U.S. actions in Iraq.

Essay Topic 2

What is "Pandora's Box" and why would assassinating foreign leaders open it? According to the rest of the information presented in the book, was Pandora's Box opened? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Why was Abu Ghraib such a scandal? According to the author of the book, what caused it, what did the people in power do, and how could it have been presented?

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