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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. By early 1999, Tenet was certain that bin Laden would be capable of striking the U.S. at what point?
(a) Winter 1999.
(b) Any time.
(c) Spring 2000.
(d) Summer 1999.

2. The Hamburg cell, which derived its name from the German city it met in, included which members?
(a) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Hamid Karzai.
(b) Mohammed Atta, Hallaladin Haqqanni, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(c) Mohammed Atta, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.
(d) Mohammed Atef, Ramzai Binalshibh, Ziad Jarrah, Marwan al-Shehhi.

3. Massoud felt he had recovered some political and military momentum in opposition to the Taliban by what point?
(a) Winter 1999.
(b) Summer 2000.
(c) Autumn 2000.
(d) Spring 2000.

4. The CIA slowly composed an intricate map of which infrastructure made from photos and satellite imagery?
(a) Bin Laden's Saudi.
(b) Bin Laden's Pakistani.
(c) Bin Laden's Afghani.
(d) Bin Laden's Iranian.

5. By fall of 1998, who seemed an ideal CIA partner at the Pentagon given his extensive Special Forces experience?
(a) General Hugo Sheraton.
(b) General Hugh Shelton.
(c) General Hugh Sheldon.
(d) General Shelton Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?

2. What was the response to information provided by Pillar's Counterterrorist Center?

3. Tenet was frustrated by what attention the Clinton Cabinet provided the al Qaeda threat?

4. When the foreign oil representatives arrived in Afghanistan, why would Mullah Omar not meet with them?

5. Marwan al-Shehhi told which librarian thousands would die at the World Trade Center, but he did not seem serious?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the "bin Laden Issue Station" evolve?

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

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

4. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

5. How had the U.S. intelligence arms switched their focus by 1998?

6. How was Clinton's visit to Pakistan among the strangest that presidential history has to offer?

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

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

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

10. How was Unocal introduced?

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