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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. Saul asks for the job as no one else wants to head the "House of Broken _____."
(a) Oil
(b) Toys
(c) Promises
(d) Relationships

2. Cheney demands that Saddam's ______________ is the only issue and a debate ensures
(a) Past
(b) Intention
(c) Threat against Bush
(d) Clear threat

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

4. Powell is beginning to show his anger at always being below ____________ in the pecking order.
(a) Donald Rumsfeld
(b) Richard Armitage
(c) Dick Cheney
(d) President Bush

5. Ground commanders will know their foes better than they know themselves by accessing the secure ______________.
(a) SAT phones
(b) SIGNIT files
(c) Zircon Chat
(d) Internet connection

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What will the strike on Iraq be deemed if only the US is involved in the actual fighting?

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

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

5. Bush recalled to Woodward that he had been sure that the Iraqis longed for _____________ and would seize the moment.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bush impress upon Gerson when he is writing a new speech for the President?

2. What does Powell recall which he is beginning to believe he is seeing within this war planning process?

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

4. What does Saul tell Cheney about Saddam which proves to be a sobering fact for the Vice President?

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

6. What does the Central Intelligence Agency never really come out and say categorically?

7. What is John Kerry's vote and reasoning behind his vote when Congress votes on whether to go to war?

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

9. What does Bush begin to demand that Iraq allows the United Nations to do within their country?

10. Describe the character of Tim and what is is supposed to do for the United States.

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