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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. Bush slips when he is with the Italian PM saying that Saddam will not be allowed to ________________.
(a) Stay in power
(b) Breathe again
(c) Live
(d) Hide from him

4. Using stoplight graphics that Bush enjoys, Franks charts ________ of when month-by-month events can and should proceed.
(a) Deadlines
(b) Timings
(c) Goalposts
(d) Expectations

5. _________ is an ex-SEAL, fluent in Arabic, and tasked with leading a team of seven from Turkey to halfway to Baghdad.
(a) Saul
(b) Ned
(c) Paul
(d) Tim

Short Answer Questions

1. George Tenet sends to small paramilitary teams into mountainous northern ____________.

2. The senators cannot frame an effective critique of Bush's request for a ______________.

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

4. Franks assures George W. Bush that the plan is being tested by ____________ and takes the hint to get things moving.

5. Like Powell, Kwasniewski wonders what will happen if __________ support collapses around the Saddam issue.

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