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

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

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

4. How is the CIA sure that Iraq has a chemical weapons program?
(a) Hussein threatens Clinton with it.
(b) CIA intelligence shows an "agriculture" building as the research center.
(c) Iraq used them on Iran when U.S. was helping Iraq.
(d) From a surprise U.N. inspection.

5. What weapons do the Aum utilize?
(a) Homemade bombs.
(b) Sarin nerve gas.
(c) Tularemia.
(d) Smallpox virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does CSG send specialized security after their meeting on August 8, 1998?

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

3. By what year do the U.S. Departments all agree that bin Laden is the mastermind in global terrorism?

4. What prompts Health and Human Services to attend a CSG meeting for the first time?

5. How does Wolfowitz add to the threats in Indonesia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the general American reactions to U.S.'s retaliation with missiles? How do they come to this conclusion? Is it reasonable?

2. What are Rice's views of CSG when she works in the NSC for George W. Bush's administration?

3. What kind of relationship does bin Laden have with Turabi from Sudan? What projects do they work on together? What is their common goal?

4. List in detail the concerns Clarke has in protecting the troops during the first Iraq War against "special" weapons.

5. What do Sam Nunn, Dick Lugan and Pete Dominic have in common? How do they help Clarke's goals with counter-terrorism?

6. How does Afghanistan fare after the Soviets leave at the end of the 1980's? When does Usama bin Laden return, and why at this particular time?

7. In detail, describe the Cabinet meeting that gives the departments a wake-up call about how the U.S. lacks a chemical, biological and nuclear weapons response system.

8. Describe the political cartoon that reflects Clarke's feelings about the Bush administration. What does this motivate Clarke to do?

9. Compare and contrast "drug czar" with the new "terrorism czar."

10. What are the results of al Qaeda's first act of war against the U.S. since their issued fatwa? How does it affect more than just U.S. citizens?

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