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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shortly into 2000, the Counterterrorist Center picked up information that bin Laden had arrived in what location?
(a) Zawhar Kili Camp.
(b) Jaji Camp.
(c) Derunta Camp.
(d) Jalalabad Camp.

2. On 7 August 1998 a devastating terrorist attack against U.S. embassies took place in which two African capitals?
(a) Cairo, Rabat.
(b) Cairo, Dar es Salaam.
(c) Nairobi, Dar es Salaam.
(d) Nairobi, Rabat.

3. The Hamburg cell, which derived its name from the German city it met in, included which members?
(a) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Hamid Karzai.
(b) Mohammed Atef, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(c) Mohammed Atta, Hallaladin Haqqanni, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(d) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.

4. Richard Clarke's White House counterterrorist group usually pressed for what type of tactics against bin Laden?
(a) Moderately aggressive.
(b) Most aggressive.
(c) Non-aggressive.
(d) Least aggressive.

5. Massoud had gained strength in new arms deals and felt that the Taliban had weakened as he rebuilt what?
(a) Eastern Alliance.
(b) Western Alliance.
(c) Northern Alliance.
(d) Southern Alliance.

6. By when had bin Laden moved his operations to the south to Kandahar?
(a) May 1996.
(b) November 1996.
(c) November 1995.
(d) May 1995.

7. The CIA prevented surprise attacks through analysis of information they distributed in reports to avoid what?
(a) Weakening CIA during impeachment hearings.
(b) Embarrassing CIA during impeachment hearings.
(c) Weakening the Presidency during impeachment hearings.
(d) Embarrassing the President during impeachment hearings.

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

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

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

11. Argentine oilman Carlos Bulgheroni had the same idea as Unocal and had whose support?
(a) King Fahd.
(b) Prince Turki al-Faisal.
(c) Prince Bandar al-Faisal.
(d) King Faisal.

12. In 1996, the CIA was attempting to recover Stinger missiles but encountered what problem with the Taliban?
(a) They would not sell back the ones they had.
(b) They would sell back only damaged ones.
(c) They demanded too high a price.
(d) They claimed they had none.

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

14. When Ziauddin fell from power, which CIA branch lost an ally?
(a) Western Asia.
(b) South Asia.
(c) Northern Asia.
(d) Central Asia.

15. The CIA slowly composed an intricate map of which infrastructure made from photos and satellite imagery?
(a) Bin Laden's Afghani.
(b) Bin Laden's Pakistani.
(c) Bin Laden's Saudi.
(d) Bin Laden's Iranian.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 19, what nations did Massoud engage in locating sponsors?

2. By fall of 1998, who seemed an ideal CIA partner at the Pentagon given his extensive Special Forces experience?

3. Where did U.S. ships and submarines with missiles wait to receive the coordinates of bin Laden's location?

4. Views differ on what was said, but instead of Saudis, Sudanese spoke with bin Laden and he moved where?

5. Sudan was told the Khartoum embassy would close given their terrorist support, but what was one step it could take?

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