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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. Saddam in 1972 signed a ___________ with the Soviets to help make Iraq a Cold War pawn.
(a) War Promise
(b) Friendship Treaty
(c) War Plan
(d) Terrorist Prohibition

2. What will the strike on Iraq be deemed if only the US is involved in the actual fighting?
(a) Reduced
(b) Lateral
(c) Unilateral
(d) Robust

3. Franks delivers the ____________ meaning that the full force would be generated in the region before fighting starts.
(a) Generated Start Plan
(b) Final Solution
(c) Terror Retaliation
(d) Shock and Awe campaign

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

5. Already burdened with Afghanistan operations, Franks and ___________ comply with Rumsfeld's orders.
(a) Major General Renuart
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) George Bush
(d) Colin Powell

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush takes Rumsfeld aside on November 21, 2001 to start planning in secrecy the removal of _______________.

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

3. Clinton officials brief the incoming Bush staff on enforcing ___________ zones in Iraq.

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

5. The CIA has identified three major threats to security at the time of Bush's beginnings in office. What is NOT one of these threats?

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