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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistake does the U.S.S. Vincennes make?
(a) Shoots down an Iranian passenger plane.
(b) Does not communicate on the right line and misses instructions.
(c) Sends bombs to the wrong coordinates.
(d) Heads in the wrong direction and meets the Iraqi oil tankers.

2. According to the Counter-terrorism Security Group, what possible target is a major concern?
(a) Embassies across the globe.
(b) Olympic Games in Atlanta.
(c) The World Exposition in New York.
(d) Political Conventions.

3. Of those listed, which is NOT an option as a retaliation effort against Iran for the Khobar attack?
(a) Employ an intelligence operation.
(b) Ally with Saudi Arabia for a small-scale attack.
(c) Convince allies to an economic boycott.
(d) Attack Iranian sponsored terrorist camps in Lebanon.

4. Why is it important to have Arab nations as allies when the U.S. goes to war against Iraq?
(a) It helps protect the U.S.'s image in the Muslim world.
(b) They are the next rising superpower.
(c) Otherwise, they will ally with Iraq against the U.S.
(d) It helps keep Israel's good relationship.

5. What does Prince Turki ask of Usama bin Laden when he returns to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan in 1989?
(a) To keep his men intact in case they are needed in the future.
(b) To form a fundamentalist religion-based resistance against Yemen.
(c) To form an elite special forces for the Saudi Arabian army.
(d) To rally the residents of Saudi Arabia against the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unexpected event happens after the Persian Gulf War?

2. What does Cheney promise the Saudi King as a liaison of President George H.W. Bush?

3. What prompts Health and Human Services to attend a CSG meeting for the first time?

4. The increase in counter-terrorism budget helped do what?

5. How is the CIA sure that Iraq has a chemical weapons program?

(see the answer key)

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