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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While staying below the press radar, Tommy Franks gets ______________ to where it can be considered official.
(a) Op. Shock and Awe
(b) Op. Plan 1003
(c) Op. Plan 911
(d) Op. Iraqi Freedom

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

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?
(a) North Korean nuclear weapon usage
(b) Al Qaeda network
(c) Rise of the Chinese military
(d) Proliferation of WMD

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

5. Bush sends ___________ to demand the Pakastanis eliminate the threat of the answer to #13.
(a) Donald Rumsfeld
(b) Tommy Franks
(c) George Tenet
(d) Colin Powell

6. The day after Powell's dinner with Bush, Franks orders the fast option, _____________, put in place.
(a) Hybrid
(b) Now or Never
(c) Enduring Iraqi Freedom
(d) Shock and Awe

7. The ______________ attacks define Bush's presidency as Pearl Harbor defined FDR's time in office.
(a) Anti-war
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Iraqi force
(d) 9/11

8. Elder Bush's NSA declared an attack on Iraq will turn the Middle East into a _____________, setting back the war on terrorism.
(a) Cauldron
(b) Whirlpool
(c) Death zone
(d) Third World country

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

10. Saddam in 1972 signed a ___________ with the Soviets to help make Iraq a Cold War pawn.
(a) Friendship Treaty
(b) War Plan
(c) Terrorist Prohibition
(d) War Promise

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

12. Wolfowitz sees no need to bog down troops in the mountains when _________ offers a brittle battle.
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Iran
(c) North Korea
(d) Iraq

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

14. Like Bush, Gerson calls himself an evangelical Christian and compassionate ______________.
(a) Republican
(b) Conservative
(c) Public servant
(d) Prophet

15. Bush takes Rumsfeld aside on November 21, 2001 to start planning in secrecy the removal of _______________.
(a) Tony Blair
(b) Osama bin Laden
(c) Colin Powell
(d) Saddam Hussein

Short Answer Questions

1. Franks briefs the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose turf wars in ___________ he has criticized.

2. Rumsfeld orders plans for the "Liberation of ____________" and postwar stability operations.

3. The __________ worries about the small attacking force and supplying such a rapid advance.

4. ____________ are tasked with giving answers on what to hit, while the others are ordered to determine how to leverage assets.

5. The ____________ accept the resolution's demand, but insist on a second resolution to authorize war.

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