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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. More than a year after Rumsfeld's announcement of Afghanistan's success, production of what resumed?

2. President Bush was documented as stating that he has the authority to suspend the Geneva Convention if what?

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

4. What did the Iraqi National Congress's plan to overthrow the government in Iraq depend on?

5. At the same time Saudi-backed Islamic fundamentalists were beginning to train in the former fringe Soviet republics, how many overseas field agents did the C.I.A. have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one piece of intelligence presented in the book that contradicts Administration claims that 9/11 could not have been predicted?

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

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

5. Why was the Bush Administration, in late 2001, in a dilemma over how to treat Iran?

6. What is Hersh's attitude towards the troops?

7. What happened to Moussaoui in prison?

8. How is the ruling family of Saudi Arabia viewed?

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

10. What did the Israelis do from their base in Iraqi Kurdistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, explain how intelligence gathering and processing affected the decisions of the Bush Administration.

Essay Topic 3

What was the role of the CIA in the Iraq war and the events leading up to it? What does this role mean about the power of the CIA? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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