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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On August 5, it is found out that the Generated Start Plan is executable, but versatile ____________ preparations are underway.
(a) Shock and Awe's
(b) Freedom Fighters'
(c) Running Start's
(d) Operation Iraqi Freedom's

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

4. _____________ sees a fork in the road of either a new UN resolution and renewed inspections or war.
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) Donald Rumsfeld
(c) Colin Powell
(d) George W. Bush

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. ____________ pushes Powell through regular private meetings to begin to build with Bush a relationship like the one Bush and Rumsfeld share.
(a) Michael Gerson
(b) Richard Armitage
(c) Condoleeza Rice
(d) Dick Cheney

12. ___________ learns the Pentagon is revising a massive Iraq war plan and he cannot believe they would do this while already at war.
(a) Tommy Franks
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) Colin Powell
(d) George Bush

13. What is the name of the book George W. Bush reads to learn more about the big stick diplomacy policy?
(a) The Life and Times of FDR
(b) No More War Without Violence
(c) Walk Softly: A President's Mission
(d) Theodore Rex

14. 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) A staff of college students
(d) CIA operatives

15. A ____________ run after Bush's Axis of Evil speech determines signals intelligence on Iraq is negligible.
(a) CIA
(b) Rock Drill
(c) Congressional
(d) Fire Drill

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT one of the things that Bush authorizes the CIA to do within Iraq?

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

4. 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?

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

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