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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. did not support Massoud but kept their contacts, as the official position would change if al-Qaeda attacked where?
(a) In the U.S.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In South America.

2. Madeleine Albright and who else declared publicly multiple times the U.S. would align with no side in Afghan's war?
(a) Richard Clarke, Tom Simons.
(b) Richard Clarke, Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth.
(c) Tom Pickering, Tom Simons
(d) Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth, Tom Pickering.

3. Some of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombers belong to al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Africa, and all were trained where?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Yemen.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Iran.

4. Who was the ISI head from 1998 to 1999?
(a) General Javed Ashraf Qazi.
(b) General Akhtar Abdur Rahman.
(c) General Asad Durrani.
(d) General Khwaja Ziauddin.

5. Which former Clinton lobbyist was hired by Pervz Musharraf to assure the White House his outlook was liberal?
(a) Leon J. Davis.
(b) Lanny J. Davis.
(c) Leonard D. Jarvis.
(d) Lenny J. David.

6. Where did the CIA stand in regard to Black's enthusiasm in favor of armed drones?
(a) Against.
(b) Unaware.
(c) In favor.
(d) Divided.

7. By fall of 1998, who seemed an ideal CIA partner at the Pentagon given his extensive Special Forces experience?
(a) General Hugh Shelton.
(b) General Hugo Sheraton.
(c) General Hugh Sheldon.
(d) General Shelton Hughes.

8. The CIA hired Afghan tribal fighters to find Kasi, who attacked Langley in 1993, and who is captured when?
(a) December 1997.
(b) 15 June 1997.
(c) 21 December 1996.
(d) 29 June 1998.

9. Six weeks after Massoud took Kabul, what was first on a list of strict rules imposed by religious police?
(a) Women washing clothes in a river were sent home.
(b) Tailors displaying fashion magazines were jailed.
(c) Unmarried females could not appear in public alone.
(d) Taxis must not stop for women without full burqa.

10. In what year was Bhutto ousted from office and Nawaz Sharif became prime minister?
(a) 1997
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

11. Since the equipment was already in place, the CIA decided to use it for whose capture?
(a) Ahmed Shah Massoud.
(b) Massoud Khalili.
(c) Osama bin Laden.
(d) Mullah Mohammed Omar.

12. The suicide bombing against the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer, took place on 12 October 2000 in what port?
(a) Aden, Yemen.
(b) Beirut, Lebanon.
(c) Tripoli, Libya.
(d) Muscat, Oman.

13. How did Tenet view terrorism in terms of the level of threat it represented to the U.S. and the world?
(a) Growing.
(b) Out of control.
(c) Steady, but contained.
(d) Declining.

14. Who published a joint manifesto with bin Laden that declared the U.S. as the enemy in 1998?
(a) Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(b) Aburrashid Dostum.
(c) Abdullah Azzam.
(d) Mohammed Atef.

15. Which two al-Qaeda operatives arrested around the 2000 New Year planned to carry out terrorist attacks?
(a) Abu Zubaydeh in Kuwait, Ahmed Ressan in New York City.
(b) Abu Zubaydeh in Jordan, Ahmed Ressan in Washington state.
(c) Abu Zubaydeh in Syria, Ahmed Ressan in Miami.
(d) Abu Zubaydeh in Germany, Ahmed Ressan in San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 1997-2000 White House national security adviser was determined "terrorism and al Qaeda" would rank where?

2. By early 1999, Tenet was certain that bin Laden would be capable of striking the U.S. at what point?

3. After the USS Cole attack, what was Bush's response when asked if terrorist-hosting nations should be subject to retaliation?

4. Pakistan recognized the Taliban as its government without Sharif knowing, and days later the Taliban was expelled from where?

5. So this second prisoner would be kept alive, the tribe was to hold him in a cave for how long until Americans came?

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