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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.
(a) Torah.
(b) Bible.
(c) Koran.
(d) Tanakh.

2. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) Congress.
(b) Judicial branch.
(c) U.S. military.
(d) Mayor.

3. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 2000s.
(d) 1990s.

4. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?
(a) Knives.
(b) Tasors.
(c) Guns.
(d) Mace.

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

6. At the age of 23, Bin Laden was which type of fighter?
(a) Fire.
(b) Gorilla.
(c) Peace.
(d) American.

7. 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) American.
(d) Islamic.

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

9. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2000.

10. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?
(a) President Bill Clinton.
(b) President George H. W. Bush.
(c) President George W. Bush.
(d) President Ronald Reagan.

11. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?
(a) By WMD's.
(b) By gunmen.
(c) By hijacked aircraft.
(d) By truck bombs.

12. The counter-terrorism meeting between Richard Clarke and the Bush Administration did not take place until when?
(a) 1 year before 9/11.
(b) 1 week after 9/11.
(c) 1 week before 9/11.
(d) 1 month before 9/11.

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

14. What was the "Predator"?
(a) A U.S. Air Force Jet used to attack Afghanistan.
(b) A U.S. satellite.
(c) A U.S. missile used to attack Afghanistan.
(d) An unmanned drone with video surveillance capabilities.

15. What was the name of KSM's plot to blow up several American airliners over the Pacific ocean?
(a) The "Bojinka Plot".
(b) The "Lackawanna Six Plot".
(c) The "Dirty Bomb Plot".
(d) The Shoe Bomber Operation".

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Bin Laden and KSM decided the hijackers would mainly have to be from __________ nations because they could get U.S. visas with less scrutiny.

5. By 1991, Bin Laden was running a worldwide network of front charities and businesses from where?

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