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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. 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) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Mohammed Haydar Zammar.
(c) Gamal Abdel Nasser.
(d) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

2. The federal government had some success in freezing ________ assets that reached the U.S. banking system.
(a) Al-Qaeda.
(b) Taliban.
(c) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
(d) Muslim Brotherhood.

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

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) U.S.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Quwait.
(d) Russia.

5. What does FAA stand for?
(a) Federal Airlines Association.
(b) Federal Aviation Administration.
(c) Federal Aviation Association.
(d) Federal Airlines Administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

2. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.

3. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?

4. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?

5. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in 1996 at two different U.S. embassies in Africa?

2. Who is considered the mastermind of 9/11/01 and when did he start calling for attacks against America?

3. Why did the 9/11 hijackers travel extensively cross-country in the Spring/Summer of 2001?

4. Where was President Bush when the first aircraft crashed on 9/11/2001? Why was President Bush at this location?

5. Give three (3) reasons why there needs to be joint action of intelligent agencies.

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

7. 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?

8. Why did President Clinton visit Pakistan on March 25, 2000? What did President Clinton want from the Pakistani President?

9. In Chapter 5, we get a background of the "Hamburg Group" as well as four other jihad extremists. Give a brief synopsis of one of the jihad extremists. What education/course of study did the jihad extremists possess?

10. Who was President Bush's Vice President? What did the Vice President do on September 14, 2001?

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