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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the media says that Bush has highly detailed war plans, ____________says they are prepared, but have not decided to go to war.
(a) Tommy Franks
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) Richard Armitage
(d) Donald Rumsfeld

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Bush on September 19 tells 11 congressmen that al Qaeda is being hunted down successfully, so Saddam and his ________ are the biggest threat.
(a) Plans
(b) Sons
(c) Soliders
(d) WMDs

9. The ____________ accept the resolution's demand, but insist on a second resolution to authorize war.
(a) German
(b) French
(c) Spanish
(d) English

10. Rumsfeld tangles with Powell about UN sanctions on ____________ items Powell knows the French and Russians want reconsidered.
(a) Dual use
(b) Nuclear
(c) Combat
(d) Engagement

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

12. As the Iraq plan begins to develop, ______________ begins to swagger and to deceive others.
(a) George W. Bush
(b) Colin Powell
(c) Dick Cheney
(d) Donald Rumsfeld

13. 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) Saudi Arabia
(d) Bin Laden

14. ___________ is troubled about Iraq after the briefings on the covert plan in Cheney's office.
(a) George W. Bush
(b) Senator Bob Graham
(c) Donald Rumsfeld
(d) Colin Powell

15. What is the code name for the operatives working for Tim during his time in Iraq?
(a) Freedom Fighters
(b) COVERT OPS
(c) ROCKSTARS
(d) Mountain Rats

Short Answer Questions

1. Powell is beginning to show his anger at always being below ____________ in the pecking order.

2. When Bush is in Texas, _________ chairs a line by line review of a draft National Security Presidential Directive.

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

4. Saul sends Tim into Iraq with a crack ____________ team to recruit agents, push weak spots, and prepare for sabotage.

5. Michael Gerson works on the ____________ speech for President Bush to give to the country.

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