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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic does Usama bin Laden look for in jihad availability?
(a) Christian nations.
(b) Countries where Muslim factions fight with one another.
(c) Muslim minorities who want to gain independence.
(d) Small countries that are threatened by superpowers.

2. What report does an Arab leader give the consul general?
(a) Hussein is setting up an assasination attempt on Clarke.
(b) Hussein is looking for chemical engineers for his weapons program.
(c) bin Laden is asking for leads to a chemical weapons program.
(d) Usama bin Laden has a contract out to kill Clarke.

3. What troubling news does the CIA bring to the 0730 CSG meeting on August 7, 1998?
(a) al Qaeda has many attack plans in place.
(b) They failed in the mission to kill bin Laden.
(c) They have no leads on the most recent terrorist attack.
(d) Clinton is in no mood to make decisions that day.

4. Why does the CIA have extra motivation to catch Kansi?
(a) Kansi escaped from them durign a previous snatch attempt.
(b) Kansi is the ringleader of over five terrorists attacks against the U.S.
(c) They have been after Kansi for over a decade.
(d) Kansi killed their own men in front of their headquarters.

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

6. As Clarke handles recent terrorist attacks against the U.S., with many dead and injured, what is headlining the media?
(a) American Idol.
(b) Clinton's infidelity scandal.
(c) How Republicans hold Congress majority.
(d) The need for homeland security.

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

8. What does the CIA find at the Shifa plant?
(a) EMPTA.
(b) Uranium.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Radium.

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

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

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

12. Where does CSG send specialized security after their meeting on August 8, 1998?
(a) U.S Embassy in all northern African nations.
(b) All armed force bases in Lebanon.
(c) U.S. Embassy in Albania.
(d) Major U.S. airports.

13. According to Will Wechsler, where do people think bin Laden gets his finances from?
(a) The Saudi Arabian government.
(b) The Sudanese government.
(c) Small donations from his followers.
(d) His father.

14. No longer part of the Principals Committee, who does CSG now report to?
(a) Deputy Secretaries.
(b) DOD.
(c) Rice.
(d) Cheney.

15. What weakness do Rice and Hadley have in their new positions under George W. Bush's administration?
(a) They are both passive agressive people.
(b) Neither are firm in their decisions.
(c) They often feel the need to check with the President before making a call.
(d) They last worked in NSC during Cold War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Watson get FBI supervisors to participate in looking for al Qaeda cells?

2. What does Berger do for Clarke as Clarke did for him?

3. Why does the CSG not take extra measures to snatch Khalid Sheik Muhammad?

4. What does Clarke work on with Arms Control Director Ron Lehmen to verify "innocent' chemical plants?

5. What is Sandy Berger's advice to Clarke to get varying departments concerned about chemical/biological weapons prevention and response?

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