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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 was the deadline President Bush set for everyone to come up with a compromise plan about Iraq?

2. When was a memo sent to the F.B.I. saying that Middle Eastern students were training at American flight schools?

3. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?

4. How many American soldiers were put into the field with the first Gulf War?

5. When was the Presidential Daily Brief titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." given?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Israel want the U.S. to seal the Iraq-Iran border in mid-2003?

4. What happened in Congress regarding the Abu Ghraib scandal?

5. What happened to resources at the CIA, starting in the late eighties?

6. What were some of the issues the CIA faced, starting with the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late eighties?

7. What did General Janis Karpinski's background consist of?

8. What is one of the worst scenarios in weapons proliferation?

9. Why did Rumsfeld say that he needed more "fighting generals?"

10. What bad intelligence was given to President Bush and used in his State of the Union Address?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, there is an increase in the power of the U.S. government. Using examples provided in the book, detail how the U.S. government increased their authority.

Essay Topic 2

How does the author show that the Bush Administration did not accept responsibility for their actions and the events that occurred? What do the facts shown in the book say the Bush Administration did? Cite specific examples in support of your answers.

Essay Topic 3

The ex-Israeli prime minister said that the U.S. could not win in Iraq, and that the U.S. must choose the extent of its humiliation. What information, provided in the book, provides support for this statement? What information, provided in the book, does not support this statement? Which side is the stronger argument and why?

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