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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. As Clarke and other national levels get together, what does the mayor of New York City order?
(a) The National Guard's presence.
(b) A state emergency.
(c) Evacuation of Manhattan south of Canal St.
(d) Evacuation of New York City.

2. What gets the Pentagon angry at the President's response to the Khobar attack?
(a) Clinton does not want military retaliation.
(b) Clinton allows Saudi Arabia to head the investigation.
(c) Clinton agrees to investigation of military laxness.
(d) Clinton wants the FBI to hold investigation information from the Pentagon.

3. What does Cheney promise the Saudi King as a liaison of President George H.W. Bush?
(a) U.S. will send forces whenever the Saudi King asks.
(b) U.S. forces will leave as soon as the war is over.
(c) U.S. will no longer have an alliance with Israel.
(d) U.S. will sell as many arms to Saudi Arabia as it needs.

4. What does Watson from the FBI suggest the CSG do in the immediate hours following the 9/11 attacks?
(a) Allow the market and businesses to stay open.
(b) Attack al Qaeda.
(c) Evacuate the White House.
(d) Evacuate all landmark buildings.

5. What mistake does the U.S.S. Vincennes make?
(a) Shoots down an Iranian passenger plane.
(b) Does not communicate on the right line and misses instructions.
(c) Heads in the wrong direction and meets the Iraqi oil tankers.
(d) Sends bombs to the wrong coordinates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freeh believe is the cause of Saudi Arabia's lack of cooperation with the FBI?

2. Where does Clinton get assurance that the U.S. bomb hit its target in Iraq?

3. Which countries are involved with the bombings of Marine barracks in Lebanon?

4. Which country asks for the U.S.'s help against Saddam a week prior to Clarke's arrival to ask to use their bases?

5. What must Cheney and his team convince the Saudi King?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the U.S. is able to act fast with many of the Arab Nations and allow the U.S. troops to come into their country just previous to the Persian Gulf War.

2. As terrorist attacks occur in New York and D.C., how are high levels in the White House expected to react? How is this difficult in the job? How is this difficult as a person?

3. Describe Saudi Arabia's situation as Iraq starts to look into Kuwait. What options does the Saudi King have? What factors must he consider in his decisions?

4. How does Saddam try to assassinate George H.W. Bush? Describe the subsequent events that allow the U.S. to discover that Iraq is responsible for the attempt.

5. Why does Iraq's attack on Kuwait concern the U.S. and other nations? What are the countries fearful of?

6. Compare and contrast alliances and enemies from the Reagan administration and George H.W. Bush's administration.

7. Why does the U.S. send Marine forces into Lebanon? What does Reagan tell the administration, and why?

8. What is the dispute between the FBI and Clarke concerning Air Marshalls?

9. What is President Bush adamant about despite the international law that Rumsfield reminds him of? What is the international law that Rumsfield mentions to Bush?

10. How does Usama bin Laden become involved in the efforts of Afghanistan?

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