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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. Prince Turki advised whom to ensure the Taliban understood bin Laden must be expelled to keep good relations?
(a) Mohammed Fahim.
(b) Mullah Omar.
(c) Mullah Rabbani.
(d) Mohammed Atef.

2. Views differ on what was said, but instead of Saudis, Sudanese spoke with bin Laden and he moved where?
(a) Pakistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.
(b) Afghanistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.
(c) Afghanistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.
(d) Pakistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.

3. The CIA slowly composed an intricate map of which infrastructure made from photos and satellite imagery?
(a) Bin Laden's Afghani.
(b) Bin Laden's Pakistani.
(c) Bin Laden's Saudi.
(d) Bin Laden's Iranian.

4. Tenet's reform program for the CIA did what?
(a) De-emphasized covert actions, intelligence gathering.
(b) Emphasized both covert actions, intelligence gathering.
(c) De-emphasized covert actions, emphasized intelligence gathering.
(d) Emphasized covert actions, de-emphasized intelligence gathering.

5. Where did the Hamburg cell, as it was known, coalesce?
(a) A gymnasium back room.
(b) A shabby hotel room.
(c) A coffee shop back room.
(d) A shabby mosque.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marwan al-Shehhi told which librarian thousands would die at the World Trade Center, but he did not seem serious?

2. When did the Northern Alliance lose Taloqan to the Taliban?

3. According to Chapter 19, what nations did Massoud engage in locating sponsors?

4. Bin Laden practiced operational security that was intensive and he was cautious of what?

5. The first CIA Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team (NALT-1) flew by what means from Dushanbe to the Panjshir Valley in 1997?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Prince Turki believe that bin Laden had fallen through the cracks?

2. What were some of the calculations the CIA's Counterterrorism Center had made regarding al Qaeda by late 1999?

3. How had the U.S. intelligence arms switched their focus by 1998?

4. What MiG fighter jet intercept mission of a CIA Predator drone was described in Chapter 29?

5. How was Clinton's visit to Pakistan among the strangest that presidential history has to offer?

6. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

7. What support did CIA field operatives reportedly seek from the White House team of Richard Clarke?

8. Why was autumn in 1999 rough for managers at the Counterterrorist Center who were reporting possible terrorist threats?

9. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

10. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

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