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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____________ is the strength of any military plan, says Powell, and advises Franks to keep the force as small as is practical.
(a) Power
(b) Intelligence
(c) Realism
(d) Surprise

2. Rumsfeld wants to talk about _____________, the process of balancing military value with collateral damage to citizens.
(a) War timeq
(b) Cost-benefit ratio
(c) Targeting
(d) Avoidance

3. Like Bush, Gerson calls himself an evangelical Christian and compassionate ______________.
(a) Public servant
(b) Republican
(c) Conservative
(d) Prophet

4. _______ wants any escalation of the US presence in the region invisible to the world, but worrisome to Saddam.
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) George Bush
(c) George Tenet
(d) Donald Rumsfeld

5. The name of the National Security Presidential Direction was Iraq: Goals, Objectives, and ______________."
(a) Strategy
(b) Recovery
(c) Charity
(d) Wartime

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumsfeld suspects that __________ is in cahoots with Osama bin Laden.

2. Wolfowitz sees no need to bog down troops in the mountains when _________ offers a brittle battle.

3. While staying below the press radar, Tommy Franks gets ______________ to where it can be considered official.

4. ____________ are tasked with giving answers on what to hit, while the others are ordered to determine how to leverage assets.

5. Using stoplight graphics that Bush enjoys, Franks charts ________ of when month-by-month events can and should proceed.

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