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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. The ______________ attacks define Bush's presidency as Pearl Harbor defined FDR's time in office.
(a) 9/11
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Iraqi force
(d) Anti-war

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

3. The New York Times reports the administration is charging Iraq with buying ___________ to use in enriching uranium for a bomb.
(a) Chemicals
(b) Aluminum tubes
(c) Surfur cakes
(d) Thumbtacks

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

5. ____________ is the strength of any military plan, says Powell, and advises Franks to keep the force as small as is practical.
(a) Intelligence
(b) Power
(c) Realism
(d) Surprise

Short Answer 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.

2. Bush's preemptive doctrine is _________________ no nation should accept.

3. Bush makes headlines demanding that Iraq readmit UN _____________.

4. Rumsfeld tangles with Powell about UN sanctions on ____________ items Powell knows the French and Russians want reconsidered.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Armitage push Powell to do as Powell is on edge with the military planning becoming dominant?

2. What is the concern from Rove that Bush dismisses as he feels it should not be a concern for him?

3. What does Rumsfeld suspect which leads him to suggest using this information as a way, an opportunity, to attack Iraq?

4. What are the advantages of the new Hybrid Plan that Franks proposes during the war planning process?

5. What is the definition of targeting that Rumsfeld wants to talk about with others?

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

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

8. What does Michael Gerson feel about the upcoming speech that he is writing for Bush's State of the Union?

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

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

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