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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When George W. Bush becomes President, what is the early focus in 2001?
(a) Russia.
(b) Opening pipelines in Alaska.
(c) China and an antimissile defense system.
(d) Counter-terrorism at all costs.

2. What happens on August 7, 1998?
(a) Clinton's interrogation over his personal scandal.
(b) U.S. embassies bombed in Tanzania and Kenya.
(c) Marine barracks bombed in Lebanon.
(d) TWA 800 flight explodes.

3. The Principals agree to examine what policy?
(a) Policy on sanctions.
(b) Policy on targeted assassinations.
(c) Policy on "retaliation."
(d) Policy on snatches.

4. What does Clarke work on with Arms Control Director Ron Lehmen to verify "innocent' chemical plants?
(a) A Nuclear Power Inspection Committee.
(b) An Alternative Energy Pact.
(c) A Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty.
(d) A Weapons of Mass Destruction Protocol.

5. Where does O'Neill get Aum's contact information?
(a) The Japanese mob in New York.
(b) FBI is able to trace the agent to the seller and thus to a buyer.
(c) CIA had information on them.
(d) The phone book.

6. What does "Critical Infrastructure Protection" refer to?
(a) Protecting D.C. and the roads leading in and out of it.
(b) Protecting all major road networks such as interstates and bridges.
(c) Protecting computer systems and networks.
(d) Protecting major landmarks and the roads leading to and from them.

7. What does Powell suggest to fight the al Qaeda threat?
(a) Put pressure on Pakistan to ally with the U.S. and against theTaliban and al Qaeda.
(b) Massive attack on Afghanistan training camps.
(c) Ally with Russia and other countries for unsuspected intelligence resources.
(d) Use U.S.-supporting Afghans to infiltrate al Qaeda cells.

8. Why do some believe it is not a good idea to bomb Afghanistan?
(a) It will cause a war with Afghanistan and Russia all over again.
(b) Afghanistan is willing to work diplomatically with the U.S.
(c) Afghanistan is not where al Qaeda works from.
(d) The U.S. is already known as the Mad Bomber.

9. Why do some people feel secure about future terrorist attacks?
(a) The U.S. has the biggest, baddest army in the world.
(b) They feel the U.S. is too far away for a big attack to happen.
(c) Nearly all the terrorists are caught or dead.
(d) The CIA and FBI are at their best at the moment.

10. How does Clarke help prepare, but not frighten the public about homeland terrorism?
(a) His ability to use laymen's words and not medical jargon.
(b) Through a series of briefings and speeches such as that on 60 minutes.
(c) By downplaying its possibility in the near future.
(d) By assuring the government has a handle on defenses.

11. What does the Millennium After Action review mostly focus on?
(a) A small break from terrorism now that the holidays are over.
(b) Their success in stopping attacks during New Year's Eve into 2000.
(c) New threats in the next millenium.
(d) There are al Qaeda sleeper cells in the U.S.

12. What plan of attack does al Qaeda execute in Indonesia?
(a) They bomb 20 churches on Christmas in 2000.
(b) They bomb 4 marketplaces throughout the country simultaneously.
(c) They bomb the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
(d) They bomb multiple hotels throughout the Christmas holiday season.

13. Who throws a fit about discussion of al Qaeda at a committee meeting with CSG?
(a) Rich Armitage.
(b) Paul Wolfowitz.
(c) Donald Rumsfeld.
(d) Dick Cheney.

14. What does Clinton reputedly say, as written in "USA Today" in 2001?
(a) "I wish Bush great luck... Maybe he'll have a better chance at getting al Qaeda."
(b) "I tried to take bin Laden out... the last four years I was in office."
(c) "I fought terrorism to the best of my ability, but it is up to civilians to educate themselves."
(d) "We prevented many attacks that are unknown. This fight continues into the next presidency."

15. What is the proper term for "snatches?"
(a) Specialized arrest.
(b) Extraordinary renditions.
(c) Seize and capture.
(d) Reserved acquisition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prohibits the FBI from being able to do much research into al Qaeda cells?

2. What causes Downing, Clarke's CSG replacement, to quit?

3. What is the government's response to the rise in terrorism during Clinton's administration?

4. No longer part of the Principals Committee, who does CSG now report to?

5. What assures Clarke of the "conceptual breakthrough" that terrorism is now a concern for many?

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