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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ___________ 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) George Bush
(c) Dick Cheney
(d) Colin Powell

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

4. Rumsfeld orders plans for the "Liberation of ____________" and postwar stability operations.
(a) Saddam
(b) Mosul
(c) Kabul
(d) Baghdad

5. Tony Blair believes Iraq poses less _________ threat than North Korea or Iran.
(a) Religious
(b) Economic
(c) WMD
(d) Combat

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush wants Congress to pass a resolution supporting ______________ against Saddam.

2. The ___________ never declares categorically to the media that Saddam has WMD.

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

4. Elder Bush's NSA declared an attack on Iraq will turn the Middle East into a _____________, setting back the war on terrorism.

5. Who is the cheery 74-year-old UN weapons inspector who is brought into Iraq to check for WMD?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cheney sure will happen if they demand Saddam submit full WMD accounting?

2. What does George W. Bush tell Rumsfeld on November 21, 2001 in a private aside?

3. Why are few Iraqis willing to help the United States with spying efforts, even though the monetary compensation is so high?

4. What does Ari Fleischer say to the press in response to the story in the NY Times that Bush has highly detailed war plans?

5. What does Hayden foresee about the conflict in Iraq that will cause strain to the NSA?

6. What does the Air Force worry about in relation to the idea of going into battle with Iraq?

7. What is the position and the responsibility of Michael V. Hayden?

8. What is the goal of the line-by-line review by Rice of the draft National Security Presidential Directive?

9. Why does Bush bristle at clever reporters who interview him at his Crawford Ranch when Blair visits?

10. What does the Franks "Generated Start Plan" mean to the planning process of the war?

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