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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What angers Usama bin Laden about Americans in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Usama bin Laden feels the Americans failed the Afghans.
(b) Usama bin Laden believes Saudi Arabia can fight the war alone.
(c) It is against the Wahhabist branch of Islam.
(d) Usama bin Laden feels disgust for any superpower.

2. What confounds the Counter-terrorism Security Group about the World Trade Center bombing?
(a) How the terrorist group got into the WTC.
(b) The type of bomb utilized in the attack.
(c) Why the WTC would be a target.
(d) The unknown names and unfamiliar terrorist group responsible.

3. 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 keep his men intact in case they are needed in the future.
(c) To form a fundamentalist religion-based resistance against Yemen.
(d) To rally the residents of Saudi Arabia against the King.

4. What key event does Russia provoke in 1979?
(a) Invasion of Afghanistan.
(b) Invasion of Iran.
(c) Invasion of Iraq.
(d) Invasion of Pakistan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What concerns does the FBI have with the new counter-terrorism policy?

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

4. What occurs after the U.S. leaves Iraq and Kuwait?

5. How does Clarke begin making enemies with his own government?

(see the answer key)

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