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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the cheery 74-year-old UN weapons inspector who is brought into Iraq to check for WMD?
(a) Colin Powell
(b) Hans Blix
(c) George H. W. Bush
(d) Mohamed ElBaradei

2. Blix has told Rice that military pressure in the area so far is _______________.
(a) Nonexistent
(b) Negative
(c) Oppressive
(d) Positive

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

4. The letter reminds Bush that they have tried since 1994 to get the US serious about ousting _____________.
(a) Osama bin Laden
(b) Saddam Hussein
(c) Prince Bandar
(d) Bill Clinton

5. Who is NOT one of Bush's allies during the time leading up to the war with Iraq?
(a) Britain
(b) Australia
(c) France
(d) Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush in his speech brings together North Korea, Iran, and Iraq to become the ____________.

2. Briefing Bush and the NSC, Franks implies recent assertions about ____________ are overblown.

3. Franks sends Rumsfeld the _________________, the Mother of All Deployment Orders for 300,000 troops.

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

5. The New York Times reports the administration is charging Iraq with buying ___________ to use in enriching uranium for a bomb.

(see the answer key)

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