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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. There is consensus that ___________ will be needed to stabilize a post-Saddam Iraq, war or no war.

2. The senators cannot frame an effective critique of Bush's request for a ______________.

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

4. Using stoplight graphics that Bush enjoys, Franks charts ________ of when month-by-month events can and should proceed.

5. The name of the National Security Presidential Direction was Iraq: Goals, Objectives, and ______________."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Wolfowitz's strategy that Colin Powell believes to be absurd when he advocates it?

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

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

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

7. When he is at his Crawford Ranch, what does Bush read that inspires him in his presidency?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within the events of the book, it seems there was an idea of 'you're either with us or against us' in the government.

Part 1: Why do you think this idea of unending loyalty is important during this particular time frame?

Part 2: Do you believe it to be fair, the statement that you're either with us or against us? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think it's essential that everyone be a part of the decisions that were being made?

Essay Topic 2

The media coverage of the events leading up to the Iraq war show a media that did not necessarily agree with the President and his policies.

Part 1: Is it ever possible for the media to be completely impartial when they are reporting on current world events? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think the media supported the President at first, but then began to look for holes in the logic and evidence?

Part 3: Should the media always support the actions of the President? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

At some points of the book, it seems that the President may have been swayed to a certain position due to information received by those closest to him, and he immediately trusted this information.

Part 1: Do you think the President should trust everything that he hears from those in his Cabinet or in Congress? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why would people close to the President give him less than accurate information?

Part 3: Do you think that the President has the information he needed to make decisions that were best for the country?

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