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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the following, who is NOT present at the Counter-terrorism Security Group meeting immediately after the 9/11 attacks?
(a) Cressey.
(b) Rumsfield.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Cheney.

2. 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 crash into the Sears Tower.
(b) The crash into the Pentagon.
(c) The crash in New York.
(d) The movement of the President away from the Northeast.

3. The Russians almost prepare to exercise their strategic nuclear forces due to what concern?
(a) U.S.'s preparations for missile attacks.
(b) U.S.'s global alert to DEFCON 3.
(c) U.S's naval movement towards Alaska.
(d) U.S.'s air patrol towards Alaska.

4. What results in the Soviets' attempt to invade the central Asian region?
(a) They are able to keep presence until the fall of U.S.S.R.
(b) They withdraw in 1988.
(c) They withdraw but impress communist influence in the region.
(d) It creates unlikely alliances in the Middle East/central Asia/ Persian Gulf.

5. How does Clarke quell issues with Israel in regards to selling arms to South Africa?
(a) Threatens sanctions to all countries that sell to South Africa, including Israel.
(b) Offers financial strategies that can replace Israel's business with South Africa.
(c) Reminds Ivry that Israel needs the U.S. as long as Russia is a superpower.
(d) Discusses apartheid and anti-semitism with Ivry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clarke returns to the White House after a short break on 9/12, what does he hear Rumsfeld discussing?

2. What problematic turn occurs in 1985 that alarms the U.S.?

3. What does Watson from the FBI suggest the CSG do in the immediate hours following the 9/11 attacks?

4. Which countries are involved with the bombings of Marine barracks in Lebanon?

5. How does the U.S. affect the Iran-Iraq war?

(see the answer key)

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