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

2. Who began advocating a pre-emptive military action against Iraq in the Bush Administration?

3. From early 2003-2004, humanitarian agencies in Kandahar shrank from 26 to how many?

4. Why did lawyers have very little access to Moussaoui?

5. What military organization was involved in Hersh's 1969 story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What had the Syrians been doing with the CIA for which they wanted to be rewarded?

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

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

7. Why was it unclear that was in charge at the Iraqi prisons?

8. What was the Office of Special Plans?

9. Who made up the group of Special Forces that escalated the covert war in Iraq during 2003?

10. Who is Musharraf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was Rumsfeld's role in the Iraq War? How was his role made harder, or easier, by the various attitudes within the Bush Administration? Cite specific examples from the book to support your answer.

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