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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What development adds to the political turmoil in the Middle East?
(a) Iran attacks Israel.
(b) Hussein attacks Kuwait.
(c) Hussein attacks Iran.
(d) Russia invades Iran.

2. What does the Continuity of Government implement?
(a) Secure back-up of fiber optic cables and wires for communications.
(b) The movement of departments to alternate sites.
(c) Always having a secure line between the President and Vice President.
(d) The evacuation of the first five in the line of government to a cave.

3. When does Clarke finally allow himself to grieve over the deaths of 9/11?
(a) At John O'Neill's funeral.
(b) He doesn't until he retires.
(c) Not for another month after 9/11.
(d) When he first sits down to write "Against All Enemies."

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, which military action does NOT occur?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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