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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bush wants Congress to pass a resolution supporting ______________ against Saddam.
(a) Economic sanctions
(b) Military force
(c) UN discussions
(d) Terrorism

2. This chapter reinforces how vital ________ efforts are and shows one member of intelligence able to read Bush's signals.
(a) Tim's
(b) Tommy Frank's
(c) Karl Rove's
(d) Dick Cheney's

3. The senators cannot frame an effective critique of Bush's request for a ______________.
(a) Blank check
(b) Hearing
(c) War
(d) Covert assassination attempt

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

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

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

7. Cheney demands that Saddam's ______________ is the only issue and a debate ensures
(a) Clear threat
(b) Past
(c) Threat against Bush
(d) Intention

8. Rumsfeld orders plans for the "Liberation of ____________" and postwar stability operations.
(a) Baghdad
(b) Saddam
(c) Kabul
(d) Mosul

9. Franks assures George W. Bush that the plan is being tested by ____________ and takes the hint to get things moving.
(a) The JCS
(b) War games
(c) CIA operatives
(d) A staff of college students

10. Bush enjoys laying down the challenge, knowing that _____________ makes possible giving diplomacy a try.
(a) Peace
(b) War planning
(c) Economic sanctions
(d) UN backing

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

12. Michael V. Hayden is Director of the _____________, heading a staff of 32,000 people.
(a) Cover Military Operations Group
(b) Federal Bureau of Investigation
(c) National Security Agency
(d) Central Intelligence Agency

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

14. Snowcroft, a private consultant, publishes in the Wall Stress Journal a piece stating ______________ is not connected to 9/11.
(a) Saddam
(b) North Korea
(c) Bin Laden
(d) Saudi Arabia

15. Bush in his speech brings together North Korea, Iran, and Iraq to become the ____________.
(a) Targets of Terror
(b) Axis of Evil
(c) Latest allies in war
(d) Enemies of Freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. Success in Afghanistan increases CIA Director ______________ standing with President Bush.

2. Tony Blair believes Iraq poses less _________ threat than North Korea or Iran.

3. 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?

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

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

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