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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stations did the "south group" have in central Asia?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

2. There was evidence that many of the terrorists had tested airline security by doing what?
(a) Taking numerous international flights.
(b) Taking numerous flights around the country.
(c) Becoming airport security agents.
(d) Attempting to take weapons past airport security.

3. When was the Presidential Daily Brief titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." given?
(a) July 2001.
(b) June 2001.
(c) September 2001.
(d) August 2001.

4. What term did the Pentagon use to describe the abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan?
(a) Herding cats syndrome.
(b) Rotten apple syndrome.
(c) Goose egg syndrome.
(d) Battle pressures syndrome.

5. What military organization was involved in Hersh's 1969 story?
(a) U.S. Marines.
(b) U.S. Navy.
(c) U.S. Army.
(d) U.S. Air Force.

6. After the U.S. Army operation in western Afghanistan, how many Al Qaeda members were supposedly killed?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 800.
(d) 900.

7. How did a CIA analyst say the prisoners had been selected to go to Cuba?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Carefully.
(c) Specially.
(d) Haphazardly.

8. What government was Perle highly critical of, claiming it was a major element of the terrorism problem?
(a) Palestinian government.
(b) Israeli government.
(c) Saudi government.
(d) Jordanian government.

9. Who said that the prisoners from Afghanistan could be detained indefinitely without legal representation?
(a) The Carter Administration.
(b) The Obama Administration.
(c) The Clinton Administration.
(d) The Bush Administration.

10. What did the Iraqi National Congress's plan to overthrow the government in Iraq depend on?
(a) Naval warfare.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Lots of men on the ground.
(d) Distance weapons.

11. Whom did the Iraqi National Congress oppose?
(a) The mullahs.
(b) Hussein.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Al Qaeda.

12. What is the C.I.A. famous for doing?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Leading armies.
(c) Causing revolts.
(d) Spying.

13. In what month did Mr. Hersh have his first big story?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) November.

14. How many Egyptians were seized and spirited out of Sweden while seeking asylum?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. What position did Nizar Khazraji hold?
(a) Iraqi Army Chief of Staff.
(b) Iraqi Army Commanding Officer.
(c) Iraqi Army Defense Minister.
(d) Iraqi Army Intelligence Minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. The details of Perle's meeting with Khashoggi and Zuhair were published in what nation's newspaper?

2. Who were warlords paid to recognize?

3. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?

4. When did F.B.I. agents begin to complain of more wrongdoings?

5. When did the story break about abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib?

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