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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarke request from Rice?
(a) Funding to infiltrate Afghanistan with Predators.
(b) To become head of new Critical Infrastructure Protection and Cyber Security
(c) A new deputy.
(d) To reinstate CSG in NSC.

2. What does Clarke work on with Arms Control Director Ron Lehmen to verify "innocent' chemical plants?
(a) A Nuclear Power Inspection Committee.
(b) A Weapons of Mass Destruction Protocol.
(c) A Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty.
(d) An Alternative Energy Pact.

3. How does Watson get FBI supervisors to participate in looking for al Qaeda cells?
(a) He threatens their bonuses, promotion and city assignments.
(b) He promises bonuses when he gets information on al Qaeda.
(c) He shows them evidence that cells exist in their cities.
(d) He gets Gore to speak directly with them.

4. No longer part of the Principals Committee, who does CSG now report to?
(a) Rice.
(b) DOD.
(c) Deputy Secretaries.
(d) Cheney.

5. Who is the first foreign rescue team to arrive in Africa when a terrorist attack hits U.S. soil?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Egypt.

6. What characteristic does Usama bin Laden look for in jihad availability?
(a) Countries where Muslim factions fight with one another.
(b) Muslim minorities who want to gain independence.
(c) Small countries that are threatened by superpowers.
(d) Christian nations.

7. How does the U.S. plan to pass Pakistan airspace without issues?
(a) The U.S. will use a stealth bomber to avoid radar detection.
(b) Secretary of State will issue warning to Pakistan just minutes before it occurs.
(c) Ralston will have dinner with the Pakistani general.
(d) Gore will personally call up the Pakistani general and ask him.

8. What does the FBI notice in the summer of 2001?
(a) Strange events in flight schools across U.S.
(b) There are no active al Qaeda cells in the U.S.
(c) There are al Qaeda sleeper cells in the U.S.
(d) They are the prime department to catch al Qaeda.

9. What prompts Health and Human Services to attend a CSG meeting for the first time?
(a) Anthrax is found in a Cogressman's mail.
(b) Clinton wants to initiate a national medical emergency plan.
(c) The Pentagon wants to start a biological weapons program.
(d) A chemical agent is released in Tokyo.

10. How is the CIA sure that Iraq has a chemical weapons program?
(a) Hussein threatens Clinton with it.
(b) CIA intelligence shows an "agriculture" building as the research center.
(c) Iraq used them on Iran when U.S. was helping Iraq.
(d) From a surprise U.N. inspection.

11. What surprises Powell when he observes a meeting between CSG, NSC, State, Defense, CIA, FBI, and military?
(a) All agree that al Qaeda is a threat.
(b) How defensive each department is in their role.
(c) How they lack in communication abilities.
(d) How smooth the meeting is run.

12. What assures Clarke of the "conceptual breakthrough" that terrorism is now a concern for many?
(a) Public Health agencies meeting ont he subject.
(b) 20/20 does a special on chemical and biological weapons.
(c) The media's greater interest in his work.
(d) Shalala saying Health and Human Services is a key part in the fight against terrorism.

13. What plan of attack does al Qaeda execute in Indonesia?
(a) They bomb multiple hotels throughout the Christmas holiday season.
(b) They bomb the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
(c) They bomb 20 churches on Christmas in 2000.
(d) They bomb 4 marketplaces throughout the country simultaneously.

14. Why does the CIA have extra motivation to catch Kansi?
(a) Kansi killed their own men in front of their headquarters.
(b) They have been after Kansi for over a decade.
(c) Kansi is the ringleader of over five terrorists attacks against the U.S.
(d) Kansi escaped from them durign a previous snatch attempt.

15. What does Powell suggest to fight the al Qaeda threat?
(a) Put pressure on Pakistan to ally with the U.S. and against theTaliban and al Qaeda.
(b) Use U.S.-supporting Afghans to infiltrate al Qaeda cells.
(c) Ally with Russia and other countries for unsuspected intelligence resources.
(d) Massive attack on Afghanistan training camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country supports an assassination attempt on President Mubarak from Egypt?

2. Who does al Qaeda ally with to create a stronger army?

3. What does the State Department originally have for anthrax prevention?

4. What does bin Laden and Zawahiri do to gain Rahman's release?

5. What happens on August 7, 1998?

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