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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bush sends ___________ to demand the Pakastanis eliminate the threat of the answer to #13.

2. Briefing Bush and the NSC, Franks implies recent assertions about ____________ are overblown.

3. Michael V. Hayden is Director of the _____________, heading a staff of 32,000 people.

4. Though the media says that Bush has highly detailed war plans, ____________says they are prepared, but have not decided to go to war.

5. Like Bush, Gerson calls himself an evangelical Christian and compassionate ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the two paths that Powell sees will happen at this point of the Iraq conflict?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the very start of the book, it seems that George W. Bush has an agenda he wants to push on Congress and on the world after the events of 9/11.

Part 1: Why do you think Bush was so interested in pushing an agenda at this point?

Part 2: Do you think it's right for a person to set an agenda without considering all of the outcomes ahead of time?

Part 3: How do you feel about George W. Bush after this opening section of the book? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Many times in the book it seems that people who have never been in a war are making decisions about the war plans, without any idea of the repercussions.

Part 1: Why do you think the people who made decisions about the war were confident in their ideas, even though they had little, if any, experience of war?

Part 2: Do you think soldiers and generals should make all war decisions as they have been in war? Why or why not?

Part 3: What might the people who make decisions about war be missing as they do not have experience in the battles themselves?

Essay Topic 3

During the biggest anti-war protest since Vietnam, Bush was not in the area to witness it and said that visiting the troops was more important.

Part 1: Why do you think that Bush avoided the anti-war protest?

Part 2: Do you think that protest had any impact on the outcome of the events of the war? Why or why not?

Part 3: In general, do you think protests are effective in changing the minds of others? Why or why not?

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