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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumsfeld suspects that __________ is in cahoots with Osama bin Laden.
(a) Tony Blair
(b) George Bush
(c) Saddam Hussein
(d) Prince Bandar

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

3. ____________ reads in Bush's body language that he has already decided to depose Saddam.
(a) Donald Rumsfeld
(b) Scooter Libby
(c) Dick Cheney
(d) Colin Powell

4. Bush takes Rumsfeld aside on November 21, 2001 to start planning in secrecy the removal of _______________.
(a) Tony Blair
(b) Colin Powell
(c) Saddam Hussein
(d) Osama bin Laden

5. What is the name of the book George W. Bush reads to learn more about the big stick diplomacy policy?
(a) Walk Softly: A President's Mission
(b) Theodore Rex
(c) The Life and Times of FDR
(d) No More War Without Violence

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Gerson works on the ____________ speech for President Bush to give to the country.

2. Bush later recalls that Tommy Franks confirmed that the war is absolutely _____________.

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

4. Like Bush, Gerson calls himself an evangelical Christian and compassionate ______________.

5. Powell recalls the saying of _____________: "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."

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