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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. When did Ahmad present the Clinton Administration with an overthrow plan?
(a) December 1993.
(b) September 1993.
(c) November 1993.
(d) October 1993.

2. What is Mr. Kissinger's first name?
(a) Halibut.
(b) Hank.
(c) Harold.
(d) Henry.

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

4. On what program did the story break about abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib?
(a) The Larry King Show.
(b) Good Morning America.
(c) 60 Minutes II.
(d) The Today Show.

5. What does C.I.A. stand for?
(a) Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Central Insurgency Agency.
(c) Central Insider Agency.
(d) Central Instability Agency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the C.I.A. famous for doing?

2. The White House and where wanted the investigations into Abu Ghraib to stop?

3. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

4. U.S. Army Rangers and who, went on an operation to get Taliban leader Mullah Omar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the "rotten apple syndrome" the Pentagon claimed existed in Afghanistan and Iraq?

3. When did Perle end up resigning as Chairman of the Defense Policy Board?

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

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

6. Why did the U.S. forces go into battle unprepared?

7. After 9/11, what was considered critical to winning the war on terror?

8. What assumptions did the I.N.C. plan, given to Wolfowitz, rely on?

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

10. What was the positive spin the media put on the first day of operations in Operation Anaconda?

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