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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were warlords paid to recognize?
(a) U.S. Army forces.
(b) President Hamid Karzari.
(c) Regionally elected leaders.
(d) Town leaders.

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

3. What was the chain of command like in the Iraqi prisons?
(a) Delineated.
(b) Blurred.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Clear.

4. More than a year after Rumsfeld's announcement of Afghanistan's success, production of what resumed?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Pot.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Weapons.

5. The Administration said there was no way an event such as 9/11 could have been what?
(a) Predicted.
(b) Halted.
(c) Discovered.
(d) Stopped.

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

7. In late 2001 the Northern Alliance forced a major Taliban retreat to where?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Kunduz.
(d) The mountains.

8. How long before 9/11 was Moussaoui arrested?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Five weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

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

10. Who was the leader of the Iraqi National Congress?
(a) Ahmad Chalabi.
(b) Ahmad Kalan.
(c) Ahmad Jablai.
(d) Ahmad Currin.

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

12. What type of rank did the civilians hold who were giving orders to M.P.s in Iraqi prison?
(a) Low rank.
(b) Unranked.
(c) High rank.
(d) Unknown rank.

13. When was a memo sent to the F.B.I. saying that Middle Eastern students were training at American flight schools?
(a) June 2001.
(b) July 2001.
(c) April 2001.
(d) May 2001.

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

15. Where did Perle meet with Khashoggi and Harb Zuhair?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does C.I.A. stand for?

2. What is the name of the base in Cuba where prisoners were sent?

3. When were the court martial proceedings supposed to occur in the Abu Ghraib investigations?

4. 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?

5. In late 2001, who opposed any surrender negotiations with the Taliban?

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