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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 6.

2. By 1991, Bin Laden was running a worldwide network of front charities and businesses from where?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Kuwait.
(d) America.

3. What is the name of the Indonesian terrorist group that accepted Bin Laden's offer of an alliance with the purpose of waging war against Christians and Jews?
(a) Islamic Army of Aden.
(b) Jemaah Islamiah.
(c) Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) Baader-Meinhof Group.

4. By 1997, the CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that al-Qaeda was planning attacks against __________ interests and was actively seeking nuclear materials.
(a) Egypt.
(b) U.S.
(c) Quwait.
(d) Russia.

5. 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) Increased military support.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Money.

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

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

8. 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) President Clinton.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FBI.
(d) President Bush.

9. Who became the new national security adviser for the Bush Administration?
(a) Donald Rumsfeld.
(b) Condoleezza Rice.
(c) Richard Clarke.
(d) Colin Powell.

10. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.
(a) Korean.
(b) African.
(c) American.
(d) Canadian.

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

12. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?
(a) London.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) America.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

13. Which Taliban leader promised the U.S. to expel Bin Laden?
(a) Mullah Omar.
(b) Mawlawi Abdul Kabir.
(c) Amir Khan Muttaqi.
(d) Mullah Mohammad Rabbani.

14. Federal law prohibits the ________ from gathering intelligence on U.S. citizens or other people within the U.S. except as specified by FISA requirements.
(a) FBI.
(b) NSA.
(c) CIA.
(d) NASA.

15. Who was the prominent preacher who stressed the importance of waging violent jihad and even personally pressed some members of the Hamburg groups to fulfill their duty to jihad by fighting in Afghanistan?
(a) Gamal Abdel Nasser.
(b) Mohammed Haydar Zammar.
(c) Hamid Karzai.
(d) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Short Answer Questions

1. On 9/11 the number of NORAD alert sites had ____ fighter aircraft on alert.

2. By July 1999, the U.S. succeeded in labeling Afghanistan a state sponsor of __________.

3. How many planes were originally planned to be involved in the 9/11/2001 plot?

4. The counter-terrorism meeting between Richard Clarke and the Bush Administration did not take place until when?

5. What does NORAD stand for?

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