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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work describes Hersh's views about U.S. foriegn policy after 9/11?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Critical.
(c) Adaptive.
(d) Supportive.

2. Who began advocating a pre-emptive military action against Iraq in the Bush Administration?
(a) CENTCOM.
(b) Rumsfeld.
(c) Wolfowitz.
(d) Cheney.

3. The war on ________ happened after 9/11.
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Terror.

4. Where were the Egyptians taken when seized from Sweden?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Israel.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Egypt.

5. What was Moussaoui officially charged with?
(a) Violating his work visa.
(b) Driving without a license.
(c) Drunk driving.
(d) Overstaying his visa.

6. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?
(a) Mid 1980s.
(b) Early 1980s.
(c) Mid 1990s.
(d) Early 1990s.

7. What did CENTCOM think it would be unrealistic to invade Iraq without?
(a) Really good maps.
(b) Lots of naval support.
(c) Lots of air support.
(d) A large ground force.

8. What was the President's Special Access Program used in Iraq against?
(a) The insurgency.
(b) The terrorists.
(c) The rebels.
(d) The hardliners.

9. What magazine has Hersh written for since the early 1990s?
(a) Time.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) The New Yorker.

10. What was the code name for the U.S. Army offensive in western Afghanistan?
(a) Operation Mule.
(b) Operation Anaconda.
(c) Operation Sky-drop.
(d) Operation Gorilla.

11. What did members of the mission to get Taliban leader Mullah Omar complain of?
(a) Lack of resources.
(b) Lack of men.
(c) Lack of planning.
(d) Lack of maps.

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

13. U.S. Special Forces were pulled out of Afghanistan and sent where?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Israel.
(d) Iraq.

14. Where did the evidence show that most of the Al Qaeda members fled?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Pakistan.

15. What is Mr. Hersh's first name?
(a) Sirous.
(b) Simon.
(c) Seymour.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose inspectors were troubled by the conditions they saw in the Cuban prison?

2. What was the deadline President Bush set for everyone to come up with a compromise plan about Iraq?

3. Resources were diverted from agents to narcotics and what kind of issues?

4. On what program did the story break about abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib?

5. At the same time Saudi-backed Islamic fundamentalists were beginning to train in the former fringe Soviet republics, how many overseas field agents did the C.I.A. have?

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