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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Louis Freeh take office as the director of the FBI?

2. How many of the would-be assassins of Hosni Mubarak were killed in the assassination attempt in June of 1995?

3. For what news station did John Miller work when he interviewed Osama bin Laden in 1998?

4. How many days did raw recruits of al-Qaeda spend in boot camp?

5. What was President Clinton's response after two American helicopter pilots' bodies were dragged across Mogadishu?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the process of al-Qaeda training described in Chapter 18?

2. What problems did the Saudis have with Osama bin Laden in May of 1998?

3. Where did the 1998 United States embassy bombings occur? Who engineered them?

4. What was I-49? Why was it established?

5. Who became al-Qaeda's first traitor? How?

6. What operation did bin Laden order Khaled Sheikh Mohammed to initiate in the spring of 1999?

7. How does the author describe the majority of the new recruits for al-Qaeda in the 1990s in Chapter 18?

8. Why did the assassination attempt on President Hosni Mubarak fail? When did it occur?

9. How does Islamic law dictate child custody in the case of divorce?

10. How did Osama bin Laden justify terrorism when speaking to Pakistani reporters in 1998, according to the author in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and career of Mohammed bin Laden. Where was Mohammed bin Laden from? When did he emigrate to Saudi Arabia? What did he do for a living? How did he amass a fortune?

Essay Topic 2

Why was Ali Soufan a notable agent for the FBI? How did he contribute to the counterterrorism investigations of the 1990s and the September 11 attacks? How did he manage to link the 9/11 attacks to al-Qaeda?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the U.S. Embassy bombings in 1998. When did these bombings take place? How many people were killed in the attacks? How did these attacks influence U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts?

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