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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. When Massoud was cornered in northern Afghanistan, what was the result of his requests for aid?
(a) U.S. did not provide.
(b) Saudi Arabia provided.
(c) U.S. provided.
(d) Saudi Arabia did not provide.

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

3. In 2000, the White House counterterrorism head asked which acquaintance to address the bin Laden intelligence problem?
(a) Charles Allen.
(b) Charles Alan.
(c) Christopher F. Allen.
(d) Scott Frye.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA prevented surprise attacks through analysis of information they distributed in reports to avoid what?

2. Who was the ISI head from 1998 to 1999?

3. Tenet's reform program for the CIA did what?

4. How did those at Langley react when a Taliban Mig was monitored as it headed straight toward a Predator drone?

5. The CIA's Counterterrorist Center established a new office dedicated to bin Laden in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

2. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

3. How did the Taliban take their final major prize taken in northern Afghanistan?

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

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

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

7. Why was it the CIA's working idea to attempt to keep bin Laden outside "KKJ"?

8. Why did Prince Turki believe that bin Laden had fallen through the cracks?

9. Why was George J. Tenet in various ways an unlikely candidate capable of repairing the breach between the CIA and Clinton?

10. What plan was agreed to between Pakistani intelligence director Naseem Rana and CIA station chief Schroen regarding the capture of Mir Amal Kasi?

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