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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.
(a) Supplies.
(b) Financing.
(c) Food.
(d) Labor.

2. The outcome of the November 7, 2000, presidential election was not decided for how many days?
(a) 31.
(b) 60.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

3. Who was the NSA supposed to notify of any suspicious domestic terrorist activities?
(a) CIA.
(b) FAA.
(c) FBI.
(d) CBI.

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

5. Where were the World Trade Center parking garage bombing and subsequent "landmarks" plot developed?
(a) Khaldan.
(b) America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Kuwait.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?

2. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of the "Political-Military Plan Delenda" and who created it?

2. Describe the bombing attempt on the USS The Sullivans in January 2000.

3. As the year 2000 approached, what were the U.S. citizens concerned with?

4. When did the U.S. government become aware of Bin Laden's involvement in financing terrorist attacks against the U.S interests? What did the State Department detect in his financing?

5. Why did President Clinton not mention Bin Laden or al-Qaeda by name when he spoke to the public about the looming threat of terrorism and WMD's?

6. What is the U.S. VISIT?

7. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, how did the FBI operate?

8. What was the "Hamburg Group" instructed by Bin Laden to do? What did the "Hamburg Group" end up doing instead? Why did the "Hamburg Group" not do what Bin Laden instructed them to do?

9. What is the USA PATRIOT Act? When was it created?

10. What was Bin Laden's appeal to the Islamic world based on?

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