View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Powell recalls the saying of _____________: "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
(a) John F Kennedy
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) George H.W. Bush
(d) Bill Clinton

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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

8. There is consensus that ___________ will be needed to stabilize a post-Saddam Iraq, war or no war.
(a) Worldwide involvement
(b) UN troops
(c) UN resolutions
(d) US forces

9. The ___________ never declares categorically to the media that Saddam has WMD.
(a) JCS
(b) NSC
(c) NSA
(d) CIA

10. Rice explains how ____________ can serve as a model for nuclear disarmament.
(a) South Africa
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) The United States
(d) North Korea

11. Bush makes headlines demanding that Iraq readmit UN _____________.
(a) Troops
(b) Peacekeepers
(c) Inspectors
(d) Mediators

12. Michael Hayden still downplays the WMD in Iraq as _______________.
(a) Weak
(b) Inferential
(c) Deferential
(d) A worry, but not a big worrd

13. Rumsfeld wants to talk about _____________, the process of balancing military value with collateral damage to citizens.
(a) Cost-benefit ratio
(b) Targeting
(c) War timeq
(d) Avoidance

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Franks delivers the ____________ meaning that the full force would be generated in the region before fighting starts.

2. Tim hooks up with the PUK man he met in August, who introduces him to two brothers and their important father, nicknamed ____________.

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

4. This chapter reinforces how vital ________ efforts are and shows one member of intelligence able to read Bush's signals.

5. Even ____________ likes Powell's pitch for going to the United Nations for support of the war effort.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 433 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample