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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. A commando raid on bin Laden was not pursued because it was thought that a failed attack with civilian casualties would yield what?
(a) Raise bin Laden's stature in Islamic world.
(b) Raise opposition in Africa and Asia.
(c) Raise opposition in Europe.
(d) Raise opposition in international community.

2. The CIA slowly composed an intricate map of which infrastructure made from photos and satellite imagery?
(a) Bin Laden's Saudi.
(b) Bin Laden's Afghani.
(c) Bin Laden's Iranian.
(d) Bin Laden's Pakistani.

3. Where did U.S. ships and submarines with missiles wait to receive the coordinates of bin Laden's location?
(a) Arabian Sea.
(b) Aral Sea.
(c) Andaman Sea.
(d) Caspian Sea.

4. Government lawyers debated for months under what circumstances lethal force was legal and when it constituted what?
(a) Defense.
(b) War.
(c) Assassination.
(d) National security.

5. How did Tenet view terrorism in terms of the level of threat it represented to the U.S. and the world?
(a) Steady, but contained.
(b) Growing.
(c) Declining.
(d) Out of control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sudan was told the Khartoum embassy would close given their terrorist support, but what was one step it could take?

2. The CIA and State Department issued what alert shortly after bin Laden helped publish a joint manifesto?

3. The U.S. did not support Massoud but kept their contacts, as the official position would change if al-Qaeda attacked where?

4. Where on his inventory of threats the U.S. faced did Tenet rank bin Laden in 1999?

5. On 7 August 1998 a devastating terrorist attack against U.S. embassies took place in which two African capitals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What MiG fighter jet intercept mission of a CIA Predator drone was described in Chapter 29?

2. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

3. What plan was agreed to between Pakistani intelligence director Naseem Rana and CIA station chief Schroen regarding the capture of Mir Amal Kasi?

4. Why did Schroen encounter difficulty recovering CIA Stinger missiles from the Taliban?

5. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

6. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

7. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

8. Why were Clarke and his counter-terrorism group at the White House frustrated by late spring in 2000?

9. What were some of the calculations the CIA's Counterterrorism Center had made regarding al Qaeda by late 1999?

10. What was the view of CIA staff members regarding Cofer Black's enthusiastic view for armed Predator drones?

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