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

2. When did Bin Laden first warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1992.

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

4. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?
(a) The State Department.
(b) The Justice Department.
(c) The Defense Department.
(d) The Vice President.

5. Where did NORAD assumed that hijacked airline terrorist threats would originate?
(a) Inside Mexico.
(b) Inside Canada.
(c) Outside the United States.
(d) Inside the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?

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

3. Where did the Hamburg group plan to attend flight school?

4. Richard Clarke wanted to increase U.S. support for the __________ __________.

5. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Proliferation Security Initiative? Who announced the PSI?

2. Where did President Bush address the nation after the 9/11 attacks? What did he tell the world during this address?

3. What was the original 9/11 plot made by KSM?

4. What was the confusion around American Airlines Flight 77?

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

6. How did the State Department plan to end the Afghan Civil War?

7. Why was Bin Laden convinced that America was a "paper tiger" similar to the Soviet Union?

8. In early August 1999, the FAA's Civil Aviation Security Intelligence office summarized the Bin Laden hijacking threat. Why did the FAA analysts judge such an operation unlikely?

9. From 1998-1999, what scandal was President Clinton embroiled in? What did President Clinton do that seemed to divert attention from this scandal?

10. Who established the "Islamic Army Shura"? Where was the "Islamic Army Shura" established and what was it to serve?

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