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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. After 9/11, prisoners captured in Afghanistan were declared to be what?
(a) Spies.
(b) Enemy combatants.
(c) Terrorists.
(d) Insurgents.

2. When did Abu Ghraib become a U.S. prison?
(a) Mid-2003.
(b) Early 2003.
(c) December 2003.
(d) Late 2003.

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

4. What city is Abu Ghraib located on the outskirts of?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Karlsbad.
(d) Baghdad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who began advocating a pre-emptive military action against Iraq in the Bush Administration?

2. What is Mr. Hersh's first name?

3. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

4. Why did lawyers have very little access to Moussaoui?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Iranian nuclear program in 2001?

2. What were some of the early problems facing the U.S. forces in the Iraq war?

3. What did inspectors find in Libyan nuclear inspections?

4. What bad intelligence was given to President Bush and used in his State of the Union Address?

5. What was it shown that the common perception in Abu Ghraib was of what the military would allow?

6. What was leaked to the London Times in 2002?

7. Why did Rumsfeld think that using Special Forces was an advantage in the war?

8. What were some of the unknowns the planners were dealing with in making a plan to overthrow Saddam in spring 2002?

9. What did Hersh write about for his first major story?

10. What happened to Moussaoui's home computer?

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