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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the White House national security adviser between 1993 and 1997?

3. According to Chapter 26, Kahlid al Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi met in which capital?

4. By early 1999, Tenet was certain that bin Laden would be capable of striking the U.S. at what point?

5. Prince Turki advised whom to ensure the Taliban understood bin Laden must be expelled to keep good relations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some of the calculations the CIA's Counterterrorism Center had made regarding al Qaeda by late 1999?

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

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

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

7. By early 1999, what was Tenet's view about the possibility bin Laden might again attack America?

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

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

10. Why did Schroen encounter difficulty recovering CIA Stinger missiles from the Taliban?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was author Steve Coll referring to when he noted an adviser to Ahmed Shah Massoud recalled a roughly translated Afghan phrase that went, "'Your mouth cannot be sweet when you talk about honey; you must have honey in your mouth'"?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Central Intelligence Agency shape the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s?

Essay Topic 3

What was Cull referring to in Chapter 7 when he quoted Frank Anderson as having said, "The Reagan administration had attracted to Washington 'an awful lot of Soldier of Fortune readers'"?

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