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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) Southern Alliance.
(b) Western Alliance.
(c) Eastern Alliance.
(d) Northern Alliance.

2. Terrorists met at the Zawhar Kili camp that the U.S. attacked with Tomahawk missiles resulting in what to bin Laden?
(a) Received major injury in the attack.
(b) Escaped injury in the attack.
(c) Received minor injury in the attack.
(d) Not there in the attack.

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

4. According to Chapter 26, Kahlid al Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi met in which capital?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Sana'a.
(c) Amman.
(d) Kuwait City.

5. George Tenet became CIA director in what year?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Bhutto ousted from office and Nawaz Sharif became prime minister?

2. In each case that the Clinton Cabinet considered cruise missile strikes, what was a decisive problem?

3. How did Coll describe the relationship between Black and Pillar?

4. What is the purpose of the CIA?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was bin Laden described as having viewed himself in Chapter 21?

3. What role had Tom Pickering assumed under Clinton?

4. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

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

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

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

8. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

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

10. How was Unocal introduced?

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