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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did President Clinton offer to Pakistan's President Musharraf in return for decisive action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda?
(a) The moon.
(b) Money.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Increased military support.

2. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.
(b) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.
(c) America withdrew from Somalia.
(d) America air raided Somalia.

3. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?
(a) The White House.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The FAA.

4. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

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

6. When did KSM originally meet with Bin Laden to present a vague plan to hijack planes and use them as guided missiles?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1996.

7. Who joined with the U.S. and launched a joint diplomatic campaign to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Laden?
(a) India.
(b) Afghantistan.
(c) The Saudis.
(d) England.

8. What was the "Hamburg Group"?
(a) The 4 jihadist from Yemen.
(b) The 4 jihadist from Germany.
(c) The 4 jihadist from Turkey.
(d) The 4 jihadist from Russia.

9. Fatwa is an interpretation of __________ law by a respected Islamic authority.
(a) Christian.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islamic.

10. Who issued two Presidential Decision Directives in 1995 and 1998 reiterating that terrorism was a national security threat and not simply a law enforcement issue?
(a) The CIA.
(b) President Clinton.
(c) The FBI.
(d) President Bush.

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

12. In 2000, the U.S. and ________ succeeded in adding an arms embargo against the Taliban.
(a) India.
(b) Russia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Iraq.

13. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:
(a) It should abandon the Middle East.
(b) It should convert to Islam.
(c) It should give Al-Qaeda $2.5 billion.
(d) It should reform its decadent culture.

14. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) Coach.
(b) First Class.
(c) Rear of the aircraft.
(d) In the jump seats of the aircraft.

15. What is CAPPS?
(a) Passenger pre-screening system.
(b) No fly list.
(c) A law passed to collect intelligence from foreign countries.
(d) A law enforcement agency of the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?

2. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.

3. What does ISID stand for?

4. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud?

5. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?

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