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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe Clinton's view of the CIA as an institution?
(a) "Skeptical."
(b) "Trusting."
(c) "Non-accepting"
(d) "Accepting."

2. Where on his inventory of threats the U.S. faced did Tenet rank bin Laden in 1999?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. Which nation agreed Predator drones could be flown from one of its air bases while controlled from Langley?
(a) Turkmenistan.
(b) Uzbekistan.
(c) Tajikistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

4. The CIA hired Afghan tribal fighters to find Kasi, who attacked Langley in 1993, and who is captured when?
(a) December 1997.
(b) 21 December 1996.
(c) 29 June 1998.
(d) 15 June 1997.

5. The U.S. was to accept severe social regulations imposed by the Taliban for what reason?
(a) Regulations were founded on religious Islamic law.
(b) U.S. had no authority on Islamic law imposition.
(c) Regulations resulted in peace for most of the country.
(d) Islamic laws were likely to be overthrown.

6. Where did the Hamburg cell, as it was known, coalesce?
(a) A gymnasium back room.
(b) A shabby hotel room.
(c) A coffee shop back room.
(d) A shabby mosque.

7. George Tenet became CIA director in what year?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

8. In 2000, the White House counterterrorism head asked which acquaintance to address the bin Laden intelligence problem?
(a) Charles Alan.
(b) Christopher F. Allen.
(c) Scott Frye.
(d) Charles Allen.

9. Who was the White House national security adviser between 1993 and 1997?
(a) Samuel L. "Sandy" Berger.
(b) Richard Clarke.
(c) Anthony "Tony" Lake.
(d) Zbigniew Brzezinski.

10. The Hamburg cell, which derived its name from the German city it met in, included which members?
(a) Mohammed Atef, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(b) Mohammed Atta, Hallaladin Haqqanni, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(c) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Hamid Karzai.
(d) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.

11. Views differ on what was said, but instead of Saudis, Sudanese spoke with bin Laden and he moved where?
(a) Afghanistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.
(b) Afghanistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.
(c) Pakistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.
(d) Pakistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.

12. By fall of 1998, who seemed an ideal CIA partner at the Pentagon given his extensive Special Forces experience?
(a) General Hugh Sheldon.
(b) General Hugh Shelton.
(c) General Hugo Sheraton.
(d) General Shelton Hughes.

13. Massoud's group was suspicious of the U.S. and its relationship to the Taliban, but who was his one CIA link?
(a) Gary Schroen.
(b) Milton Bearden.
(c) Howard Hart.
(d) William Piekney.

14. Which former Clinton lobbyist was hired by Pervz Musharraf to assure the White House his outlook was liberal?
(a) Lanny J. Davis.
(b) Lenny J. David.
(c) Leon J. Davis.
(d) Leonard D. Jarvis.

15. When had the White House counterterrorist group grown frustrated with intelligence reports on bin Laden's whereabouts?
(a) Early fall, 2000.
(b) Late spring, 2000.
(c) Early summer, 2000.
(d) Late summer, 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the response to information provided by Pillar's Counterterrorist Center?

2. The CIA's Counterterrorist Center established a new office dedicated to bin Laden in what year?

3. Plans were made for Ahmed to visit the U.S. when?

4. In each case that the Clinton Cabinet considered cruise missile strikes, what was a decisive problem?

5. Which nation did not meet multilateral lending requirements for the pipeline at that time?

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