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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country is the front of much of the ideology and funding of Islamist terrorism?

2. Threat reports mentioning aircraft were passed to who?

3. Which country possess nuclear weapons and has come frighteningly close to war with nuclear-armed India over the disputed territory of Kashmir?

4. How many months before 9/11 were all the hijackers in the U.S.?

5. In 1998-1999, President Clinton was preparing the government for possible war against which country?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail the arrest of Ahmed Ressam in the late 1999. What information was learned through his arrest? Was this information valuable to understanding the 9/11 attacks?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the importance of the 9/11 hijackers use of cross-country flights. Where did the hijackers regularly fly to? How were these destinations useful to the terrorist plot they were planning to execute?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the statement, "We have planes"? Who said this? How did this statement set the scene of the 9/11 attacks?

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