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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) UN discussions
(b) Economic sanctions
(c) Military force
(d) Terrorism

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

3. The Marines worry about the effect of WMD use on Iraqi citizens and the uncertainty of ___________ warfare .
(a) Urban
(b) Hand to hand
(c) Unprovoked
(d) Nuclear

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

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

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

7. _______ wants any escalation of the US presence in the region invisible to the world, but worrisome to Saddam.
(a) George Bush
(b) Donald Rumsfeld
(c) George Tenet
(d) Dick Cheney

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

9. ___________ is sure that demanding Saddam submit full WMD accounting within 30 days will prove he's been lying.
(a) Donald Rumsfeld
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) Condoleeza Rice
(d) George W. Bush

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

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

12. Bush argues that Iraq gathers the most serious dangers of our age into one place, evoking _____________ response to the Soviet missiles in Cuba.
(a) JFK's
(b) Jimmy Carter's
(c) Teddy Roosevelt's
(d) FDR's

13. Saul sends Tim into Iraq with a crack ____________ team to recruit agents, push weak spots, and prepare for sabotage.
(a) NILE
(b) ROCKSTAR
(c) NEW DAWN
(d) CIA

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

15. When Bush is in Texas, _________ chairs a line by line review of a draft National Security Presidential Directive.
(a) Richard Armitage
(b) Condoleeza Rice
(c) Colin Powell
(d) Donald Rumsfeld

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Saddam in 1972 signed a ___________ with the Soviets to help make Iraq a Cold War pawn.

3. Saul asks for the job as no one else wants to head the "House of Broken _____."

4. ______________ and China have commercial ties with Iraq and are on record opposing the US efforts to oust Saddam.

5. What is the used acronym for signals intelligence as it is gathered by the National Security Agency?

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