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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "The Foundation of the New Terrorism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Jihadist.
(d) Mongols.

2. What does NEADS stand for?
(a) Northeast Air Defense Sector.
(b) Northeast Air Defense Squad.
(c) North Equator Air Defense Sector.
(d) New England Air Defense Sector.

3. At the age of 23, Bin Laden was which type of fighter?
(a) Peace.
(b) American.
(c) Gorilla.
(d) Fire.

4. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) Coach.
(b) In the jump seats of the aircraft.
(c) First Class.
(d) Rear of the aircraft.

5. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.
(b) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.
(c) America air raided Somalia.
(d) America withdrew from Somalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.

2. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

3. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?

4. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.

5. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

(see the answer key)

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