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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mike Fenzel have difficulty hearing the crisis conference in the Situation Room?
(a) Mrs. Cheney prefers to listen to CNN and Dick Cheney keeps hanging up the phone.
(b) The PEOC has bad static in their teleconference monitors.
(c) Dick Cheney will not allow him to.
(d) Fenzel is holed in a cave that has no secure line.

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

3. What is the first thing Clarke does upon hearing the news of the World Trade Center?
(a) Calls O'Neill to see if he is OK.
(b) Runs to the Situation Room at the White House.
(c) Heads to the White House to speak with Cheney and Rice.
(d) Calls Rice to see what she wants to do.

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

5. How do the surviving families of TWA 800 respond to Clinton's visit?
(a) They are angry for answers.
(b) They embrace his empathy.
(c) They understand he is there politically.
(d) They shun his lack of genuine concern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What risky task does Gallucci have at the Agricultural Ministry?

2. How does the American team look as they head to their cars after meeting with the Saudi King?

3. What is Clarke's goal in the Persian Gulf during Reagan's administration?

4. Which country noticeably does not attend the International Summit on Terrorism?

5. What is Clinton's reaction to the terrorist attempt on George H.W. Bush?

(see the answer key)

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