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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mike Fenzel have difficulty hearing the crisis conference in the Situation Room?
(a) Mrs. Cheney prefers to listen to CNN and Dick Cheney keeps hanging up the phone.
(b) The PEOC has bad static in their teleconference monitors.
(c) Fenzel is holed in a cave that has no secure line.
(d) Dick Cheney will not allow him to.

2. Why is the Iranian Revolution important to the U.S.?
(a) Ayatollah Khomeini is an ally of the U.S.
(b) The Shah of Iran is an important American ally.
(c) The new regime is communist.
(d) The military coupe caused U.S. military deaths.

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

4. What does the U.S. buy from Israel?
(a) Stingers.
(b) Hind-D helicopters.
(c) Anti-missile lasers.
(d) Unmanned aerial vehicles and air-to-ground smart bombs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What results in the Soviets' attempt to invade the central Asian region?

2. Which country helps the U.S. strengthen its military presence in the Middle East?

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

4. What had Clarke admitted to on a "60 Minutes" interview with Bonin just days before the 9/11 attacks?

5. What key event does Russia provoke in 1979?

(see the answer key)

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