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

2. Whose inspectors were troubled by the conditions they saw in the Cuban prison?

3. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

4. Resources were diverted from agents to narcotics and what kind of issues?

5. When did Ahmad present the Clinton Administration with an overthrow plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was leaked to the London Times in 2002?

2. As of 2004, what does the news not report about the Afghanistan situation?

3. Why did Pakistan supposedly share nuclear information with North Korea?

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

5. Who is Musharraf?

6. What happened when the U.S. challenged North Korea, diplomatically, about stopping nuclear operations in October 2002?

7. What happened to cause elation in the military, during the first weeks of the Iraq war?

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

9. Why did Rumsfeld think that using Special Forces was an advantage in the war?

10. How did Chalabi work with the CIA in March of 1995?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did a small group of individuals steer foreign policy towards Iraq in the Bush Administration? Who was in that small group of individuals? Cite specific examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, explain how the Bush Administration played on public opinion to achieve its goals.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific examples from the book, explain the relationship that the U.S. has had with Saudi Arabia. How has that relationship helped and hurt the U.S. in its fight against terror?

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