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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concern does Clarke have outside the U.S.?
(a) Maximizing global empathy to help retaliate against al Qaeda.
(b) Protecting the U.S. embassies overseas.
(c) Colin Powell and other officials currently abroad.
(d) Talks with the U.K. to begin military actions against al Qaeda.

2. How does the U.S. affect the Iran-Iraq war?
(a) Helps stop the war with peace talks.
(b) Gives intelligence to Iraq.
(c) Secretly gives arms to Iran.
(d) The sanctions by the U.S. on both countries affects Iran more.

3. What is the CIA's view on Iraq's intentions concerning Kuwait before the Persian Gulf War begins?
(a) Iraq is desparate to take Kuwait.
(b) Iraq is working in cahoots with Kuwait.
(c) Iraq is just intimidating Kuwait.
(d) Iraq is willing to do whatever it takes to get Kuwait's oil fields.

4. According to Clarke, what is one factor that stops counter-terrorism policies from passing in Congress?
(a) The push for budget cuts.
(b) The lack of shared intelligence to the Congress.
(c) Republican-Democratic party animosity.
(d) WTC bombing of 1993 was not a large enough wake-up call.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What development adds to the political turmoil in the Middle East?

2. What must Cheney and his team convince the Saudi King?

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

4. What does Cheney promise the Saudi King as a liaison of President George H.W. Bush?

5. What does the U.S. buy from Israel?

(see the answer key)

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