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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stated, "We're at war"?
(a) Richard Clarke.
(b) President Bush.
(c) Rudolph Giuliani.
(d) Richard Cheney.

2. In August 15, 2001, the FBI's Minneapolis field office took notice of who?
(a) Mohamed Atta.
(b) Saeed al Ghamdi.
(c) Khalid al Mihdhar.
(d) Zacarias Moussaoui.

3. Which country is the front of much of the ideology and funding of Islamist terrorism?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

4. Which organization has made Afghanistan a test of the Alliance's ability to adapt to current security challenges of the future?
(a) U.S.
(b) NATO.
(c) U.N.
(d) T.S.A.

5. Who was never fully engaged in countering al-Qaeda before 9/11?
(a) The FAA.
(b) The Department of Defense.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

6. Mohammed Atta traveled from Germany to ________, Czech Republic, before flying to the U.S.
(a) Opava.
(b) Jihlava.
(c) Pardubice.
(d) Prague.

7. Majority of the muscle hijackers settled in what U.S. state?
(a) New York.
(b) Florida.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

8. What is the name of the main mechanism for communicating sensitive intelligence to the President?
(a) The President's Daily News.
(b) The President's Sensitive Intelligence Meeting.
(c) The President's Daily Brief.
(d) The Sensitive Intelligence Meeting for the President.

9. The "Enduring Greedom" plan had ______ phases.
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

10. What is the name of the low-altitude "hallway" along the Hudson River that passes New York landmarks?
(a) Boston Post Corridor.
(b) Hudson Corridor.
(c) Hudson Post.
(d) New York Airspace Czar.

11. Which hijacker left California to return home to Yemen?
(a) Khalid al Mihdhar.
(b) Nawaf al Hazmi.
(c) Majed Moqed.
(d) Ahmed al Nami.

12. Who maintained that al-Qaeda represented "point of the spear of radical Islam"?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Colin Powell.
(c) President Bush.
(d) Richard Clarke.

13. Who told the Commission that "the system was blinking red" because the FAA warned airlines about an increased threat of hijackings, but the warning focused on overseas threats.
(a) George Tenet.
(b) Paul Wolfowitz.
(c) Richard Clarke.
(d) President Bush.

14. What is another name for the analysis from the enemy's perspective?
(a) "Black Team" analysis.
(b) "Blue Team" analysis.
(c) "Red Team" analysis.
(d) "Orange Team" analysis.

15. On September 20, 2001, President Bush linked ________ to the embassy and the Cole bombings.
(a) Iran.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the 9/11 attacks, to where was President Bush taken?

2. Which country was the incubator for al-Qaeda and for the 9/11 attacks?

3. The FDNY initial response began within _____ seconds of the first crash.

4. Throughout the period immediately following 9/11, there was strong suspicion that ________ was involved in the plot.

5. By July 2001, Bin Laden was especially keen on hitting what U.S building?

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