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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is President Bush at the time of the attacks?
(a) A pre-school in Florida.
(b) On vacation in Texas.
(c) A college basketball game at Yale.
(d) At a Marine facility in Lousiana.

2. With the Red Army gone, what mentality do some of the soldiers that fight against them have?
(a) They are ready to take down the next superpower.
(b) They now know a superpower can be destroyed.
(c) They now have the military power to run the government.
(d) That other countries will think twice before they invade.

3. When Clarke returns to the White House after a short break on 9/12, what does he hear Rumsfeld discussing?
(a) Ways to attack Afghanistan.
(b) How to get Pakistan's support.
(c) Precautions before entering a war.
(d) War with Iraq.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Soviet Union offer to help, and in what way?

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

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

4. What does the Continuity of Government implement?

5. What concern does Clarke have outside the U.S.?

(see the answer key)

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