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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Hamburg cell, as it was known, coalesce?
(a) A gymnasium back room.
(b) A shabby hotel room.
(c) A shabby mosque.
(d) A coffee shop back room.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When the foreign oil representatives arrived in Afghanistan, why would Mullah Omar not meet with them?
(a) They were not Taliban.
(b) They were not Muslims.
(c) They did not have full beards.
(d) They were not Afghans.

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

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

11. When Bush becomes the President, what was one of the initial changes made at the CIA?
(a) Obtain support for Massoud.
(b) Predator flights were resumed.
(c) Official position on Taliban changed.
(d) Official position on Afghanistan changed.

12. Tenet's reform program for the CIA did what?
(a) De-emphasized covert actions, emphasized intelligence gathering.
(b) Emphasized covert actions, de-emphasized intelligence gathering.
(c) Emphasized both covert actions, intelligence gathering.
(d) De-emphasized covert actions, intelligence gathering.

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) Steady, but contained.
(c) Out of control.
(d) Declining.

14. With whom did the Turkmenistan government make their deal?
(a) Bulgheroni, with Washington support.
(b) Unocal, without Washington support.
(c) Bulgheroni, without Washington support.
(d) Unocal, with Washington support.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The suicide bombing against the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer, took place on 12 October 2000 in what port?

2. Argentine oilman Carlos Bulgheroni had the same idea as Unocal and had whose support?

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

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

5. When Ziauddin fell from power, which CIA branch lost an ally?

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