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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prince Turki advised whom to ensure the Taliban understood bin Laden must be expelled to keep good relations?
(a) Mohammed Fahim.
(b) Mullah Omar.
(c) Mohammed Atef.
(d) Mullah Rabbani.

2. Marwan al-Shehhi told which librarian thousands would die at the World Trade Center, but he did not seem serious?
(a) Angela Duile.
(b) Lydia Himmler.
(c) Heidi Pfennig.
(d) Martha Schmidt.

3. Who headed the Pakistani army from 1998 to 1999?
(a) General Pervez Musharraf.
(b) General Mahmoud Ahmed.
(c) General Naseem Rana.
(d) General Hamid Gulr.

4. After the USS Cole attack, what was Bush's response when asked if terrorist-hosting nations should be subject to retaliation?
(a) He would "await the arrival" of the Navy investigation.
(b) He would have assess "all the pieces" before he moved.
(c) He would act "swiftly and harshly" in response.
(d) He would not "play his hand" on that issue.

5. When did the Northern Alliance lose Taloqan to the Taliban?
(a) June 2000.
(b) March 2000.
(c) September 2000.
(d) December 2000.

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

7. Which nation agreed Predator drones could be flown from one of its air bases while controlled from Langley?
(a) Kazakhstan.
(b) Turkmenistan.
(c) Uzbekistan.
(d) Tajikistan.

8. 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.

9. A commando raid on bin Laden was not pursued because it was thought that a failed attack with civilian casualties would yield what?
(a) Raise bin Laden's stature in Islamic world.
(b) Raise opposition in international community.
(c) Raise opposition in Africa and Asia.
(d) Raise opposition in Europe.

10. Pakistan recognized the Taliban as its government without Sharif knowing, and days later the Taliban was expelled from where?
(a) Southern Afghanistan.
(b) Eastern Afghanistan.
(c) Northern Afghanistan.
(d) Western Afghanistan.

11. Tenet was frustrated by what attention the Clinton Cabinet provided the al Qaeda threat?
(a) "Too late."
(b) "Minimal."
(c) "Ignored."
(d) "On-and-off."

12. When Deutch quit as CIA director after merely 19 months, the president attempted to nominate which individual?
(a) Tony Lake.
(b) Tom Pickering.
(c) Tom Simons.
(d) William Milam.

13. Equipment the CIA outfitted the Afghan tribal fighters with to use in their search for Kasi included what?
(a) Heat-seeking, tracking equipment that used radar.
(b) Infrared electromagnetic spectrum for wireless communications.
(c) Tracking, locating equipment that used satellites.
(d) Infrared night-vision goggles.

14. How did Coll describe the relationship between Black and Pillar?
(a) "Skeptical of each other's approach."
(b) Distrusting of each other."
(c) A tight and natural partner."
(d) "Not a natural partner."

15. When had the White House counterterrorist group grown frustrated with intelligence reports on bin Laden's whereabouts?
(a) Early summer, 2000.
(b) Late spring, 2000.
(c) Early fall, 2000.
(d) Late summer, 2000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By when had bin Laden moved his operations to the south to Kandahar?

3. Shortly into 2000, the Counterterrorist Center picked up information that bin Laden had arrived in what location?

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

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

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