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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. 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.

2. What approval does Clarke ask for from Madeleine Albright?
(a) More manpower to find terrorists' funding.
(b) To bomb Afgahnistan.
(c) Approval to publicly threaten Taliban and bin Laden.
(d) Run an interagency process to protect U.S. embassies.

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

4. By what year do the U.S. Departments all agree that bin Laden is the mastermind in global terrorism?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Powell suggest to fight the al Qaeda threat?

2. What weakness do Rice and Hadley have in their new positions under George W. Bush's administration?

3. The Principals agree to examine what policy?

4. What does Ressam's custody lead to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why is the timing of a strike against al Qaeda questionable in relation to the President?

4. What is a Pol-Mil Plan? How does it get started?

5. 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.

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

7. What rejuvenates Intelligence agencies in rethinking al Qaeda? How is this achieved?

8. Who is Jamal al -Fadl, how does he help U.S. intelligence, and why?

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

10. How is Clarke able to get funds for embassy hardening? What stops him and who helps him?

(see the answer keys)

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