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

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

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

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

5. Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri travelled by what means?
(a) Luxury SUVs.
(b) Camels.
(c) Small passenger helicopters.
(d) 4x4s marked as ambulances.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tenet view terrorism in terms of the level of threat it represented to the U.S. and the world?

2. Plans were made for Ahmed to visit the U.S. when?

3. Unocal sent which two individuals to negotiate the pipeline?

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

5. Where on his inventory of threats the U.S. faced did Tenet rank bin Laden in 1999?

Short Essay Questions

1. What MiG fighter jet intercept mission of a CIA Predator drone was described in Chapter 29?

2. What was part of the problem when Bush came into office in 2001?

3. What support did CIA field operatives reportedly seek from the White House team of Richard Clarke?

4. How did the American ambassador to Pakistan in 1996 believe that nation would evolve?

5. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

6. What took place in the Oval Office meeting on 2 December 1998 in the early afternoon?

7. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

8. Why was autumn in 1999 rough for managers at the Counterterrorist Center who were reporting possible terrorist threats?

9. Why were Clarke and his counter-terrorism group at the White House frustrated by late spring in 2000?

10. How was Unocal introduced?

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