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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that Bush authorizes the CIA to do within Iraq?
(a) Coordinate intelligence gathering
(b) Disrupt financial operations
(c) Find Saddam's family
(d) Conduct sabotage

2. The ____________ worries about short munitions and the effect on efforts in Afghanistan.
(a) Navy
(b) Army
(c) Marines
(d) Air Force

3. Bush just wants an _____________, the end of Saddam and WMD, which he impresses upon Gerson for his speech.
(a) Agreement
(b) Award
(c) Overall solution
(d) Outcome

4. ___________ targets November 2002 through February 2003 for the war start, but insists he will launch anytime the President orders.
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) Colin Powell
(c) Donald Rumsfeld
(d) Tommy Franks

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

6. Tim hooks up with the PUK man he met in August, who introduces him to two brothers and their important father, nicknamed ____________.
(a) The Pope
(b) Good Luck
(c) Allah
(d) Destroyer

7. Bush releases the proposed language of the resolution, and the Washington Post declares Bush has virtually routed the ____________.
(a) Iraqis
(b) Democrats
(c) Republicans
(d) Saudi Arabians

8. Bush dismisses the story in the New York Times about _____________ growing involvement in foreign policy decisions.
(a) Karl Rove's
(b) Dick Cheney's
(c) Donald Rumsfeld's
(d) Colin Powell's

9. What does the false story about the regime include in order to sell the war plans?
(a) Dirty bombs
(b) Economic sanctions
(c) Planned train malfunctions
(d) Trade embargoes

10. Success in Afghanistan increases CIA Director ______________ standing with President Bush.
(a) George Tenet's
(b) Colin Powell's
(c) George Armitage's
(d) Dick Cheney's

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

12. Even ____________ likes Powell's pitch for going to the United Nations for support of the war effort.
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) Donald Rumsfeld
(c) Condoleeza Rice
(d) Richard Armitage

13. ____________ 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) Surprise
(d) Power

14. Tony Blair believes Iraq poses less _________ threat than North Korea or Iran.
(a) WMD
(b) Religious
(c) Economic
(d) Combat

15. ______________ and China have commercial ties with Iraq and are on record opposing the US efforts to oust Saddam.
(a) North Korea
(b) Japan
(c) Russia
(d) Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the cheery 74-year-old UN weapons inspector who is brought into Iraq to check for WMD?

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

3. On August 5, it is found out that the Generated Start Plan is executable, but versatile ____________ preparations are underway.

4. Michael V. Hayden is Director of the _____________, heading a staff of 32,000 people.

5. There is consensus that ___________ will be needed to stabilize a post-Saddam Iraq, war or no war.

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