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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Navy officer unsure of whether to contact Clarke about the World Trade Center bombing in 1993?
(a) Clarke is not a popular figure amongst the military.
(b) It's the first major domestic terrorist attack.
(c) Freeh tells him not to.
(d) The FBI already arrives on scene.

2. Why does Secretary of State Christopher push to bomb an Iraqi facility on a Saturday night?
(a) To minimize casualties.
(b) He knows the Iraqis work weekend hours.
(c) It's the least likely time the U.S. media will notice.
(d) It'll be the most surprising time.

3. What does Ramzi Yousef plan while on the lam for two years?
(a) Attacks on the Sears and John Hancock Tower in Chicago.
(b) Assassination attempt on President Clinton.
(c) Infiltration into the Pentagon's computer system.
(d) Aircraft bombings on 11 different flights.

4. How does Clarke learn of an assassination attempt on George H.W. Bush?
(a) BBC.
(b) An Arab-language London paper.
(c) CNN.
(d) Kuwait's ambassador.

5. Initially, plans are to have Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over New York and D.C. Clarke then orders CAPs over every major city in the country. What causes him to extend the plans even further?
(a) The movement of the President away from the Northeast.
(b) The crash into the Sears Tower.
(c) The crash into the Pentagon.
(d) The crash in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among the following, who is NOT present at the Counter-terrorism Security Group meeting immediately after the 9/11 attacks?

2. During the Iran-Iraq war, what stance does the U.S. take?

3. What does the Continuity of Government implement?

4. What concern does Clarke have outside the U.S.?

5. What does Prince Turki ask of Usama bin Laden when he returns to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan in 1989?

(see the answer key)

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