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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did construction begin on the WTC complex?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1976.

2. After 9/11/2001, U.S. officials learned from ________ intelligence that Moussaoui had attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
(a) Iraqi.
(b) Israeli.
(c) German.
(d) British.

3. The U.N. has rightly equated "literacy as ________."
(a) Restriction.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Life.
(d) Freedom.

4. All of the following were first responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) except:
(a) The military.
(b) The police department.
(c) The fire department.
(d) The emergency medical service.

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

6. 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) Richard Clarke.
(b) President Bush.
(c) Paul Wolfowitz.
(d) George Tenet.

7. When did the FBI Counterterrorism Division believe a potential attack by Bin Laden was going to occur?
(a) January 1st.
(b) December 25th.
(c) July 4th.
(d) October 31st.

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

9. A systematic approach to investigating possible surprise attacks has existed within the intelligence community since the ______ ______ attack of 1941.
(a) African Embassy.
(b) U.S.S. Cole.
(c) Cold War.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

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

11. How many buildings made up the WTC complex?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

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

13. Which country has been a problematic ally in combating Islamic extremism?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Yemen.

14. ______ minutes after the first plane hit the Twin Towers, it is believed that an order to evacuate the tower was issued over the building's intercom system.
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy.

15. According to Mihdar, Bin Laden was planning ______ attacks on the U.S.
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country is the front of much of the ideology and funding of Islamist terrorism?

2. How much time elapsed between the collapse of the first building and the collapse of the second building?

3. Who is Afghanistan's President?

4. Which WTC building fell first?

5. In mid-July 2001, new reports indicated that Bin Laden's plans encountered delays of up to ________ months.

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