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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. Bush later recalls that Tommy Franks confirmed that the war is absolutely _____________.
(a) Winnable
(b) Tragic
(c) Unnecessary
(d) Just

2. Saul asks for the job as no one else wants to head the "House of Broken _____."
(a) Toys
(b) Oil
(c) Relationships
(d) Promises

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

4. Michael Gerson works on the ____________ speech for President Bush to give to the country.
(a) Inaugural
(b) State of the Union
(c) War demands
(d) Fireside

5. ____________ are tasked with giving answers on what to hit, while the others are ordered to determine how to leverage assets.
(a) Planners
(b) Risk analysts
(c) Interns
(d) Targetters

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ____________ is the strength of any military plan, says Powell, and advises Franks to keep the force as small as is practical.

3. Rumsfeld tangles with Powell about UN sanctions on ____________ items Powell knows the French and Russians want reconsidered.

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

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

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