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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Logistics.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Warfare.

2. Where did the Hamburg group plan to attend flight school?
(a) Germany.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Asia.
(d) Afghanistan.

3. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?
(a) The U.N.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) The Northern Alliance.
(d) The Southern Alliance.

4. In late 1999, which authorities broke up a cell with ties to al-Qaeda that was planning to attack a hotel in downtown Amman, Jordan, and several Christian holy sites?
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Jordanian.
(c) Islamic.
(d) American.

5. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud?
(a) Saddam Hussein.
(b) The Taliban.
(c) Al-Qaeda operatives.
(d) U.S. Marines.

6. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The U.S.
(c) The U.N.
(d) The FAA.

7. What is EMPTA?
(a) The East Embassy building that was bombed.
(b) Pakistani intelligence department.
(c) Emergency Medical and Physical Training Association.
(d) A precursor of VX nerve gas.

8. As of 1993, the public and Congress seemed convinced that treating terrorism that occurred on U.S. soil was a ________ ________ problem.
(a) U.S. Marines.
(b) U.S. Navy.
(c) Law Enforcement.
(d) U.S. Army.

9. The federal government had some success in freezing ________ assets that reached the U.S. banking system.
(a) Taliban.
(b) Muslim Brotherhood.
(c) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

10. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Jihadist.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) Mongols.

11. ________ increasingly became the province of non-sate actors during the 1980s and 1990s?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Civil war.
(c) World war.
(d) Armed conflict.

12. When Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan from Sudan in May 1996, he was greeted by a reactivation of which U.S. agencies intelligence networks?
(a) FBI.
(b) DIA.
(c) DHS.
(d) CIA.

13. When was the U.S.S. Cole bombed?
(a) October 2001.
(b) October 1999.
(c) October 2000.
(d) October 1976.

14. The American intelligence apparatus launched a full-press effort to disrupt suspected ________ plots.
(a) Armed Islamic Group.
(b) Fatah al-Islam.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

15. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) Into the North Tower.
(c) Into the South Tower.
(d) In a field in Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did President Clinton offer to Pakistan's President Musharraf in return for decisive action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda?

2. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

3. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?

4. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

5. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

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