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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumsfeld orders plans for the "Liberation of ____________" and postwar stability operations.
(a) Mosul
(b) Baghdad
(c) Saddam
(d) Kabul

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

3. George Tenet sends to small paramilitary teams into mountainous northern ____________.
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran

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

5. While staying below the press radar, Tommy Franks gets ______________ to where it can be considered official.
(a) Op. Shock and Awe
(b) Op. Plan 1003
(c) Op. Iraqi Freedom
(d) Op. Plan 911

Short Answer Questions

1. Saddam in 1972 signed a ___________ with the Soviets to help make Iraq a Cold War pawn.

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

3. ___________ targets November 2002 through February 2003 for the war start, but insists he will launch anytime the President orders.

4. The ______________ attacks define Bush's presidency as Pearl Harbor defined FDR's time in office.

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

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