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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The unknown names and unfamiliar terrorist group responsible.
(d) Why the WTC would be a target.

2. Why doesn't the federal government want to take over airport security?
(a) Lobbyists from private airport security firms and airlines.
(b) They do not want to implement an entire new department.
(c) It takes away from private airline employment opportunities.
(d) Budget costs.

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

4. What does Watson from the FBI suggest the CSG do in the immediate hours following the 9/11 attacks?
(a) Evacuate the White House.
(b) Allow the market and businesses to stay open.
(c) Evacuate all landmark buildings.
(d) Attack al Qaeda.

5. What results in the Soviets' attempt to invade the central Asian region?
(a) They are able to keep presence until the fall of U.S.S.R.
(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 withdraw in 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. After homeland issues are assured in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, what is the Situation Room's next topic?

2. Who invites Usama bin Laden into their country?

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

4. How many men are involved with the WTC bombing?

5. What key event does Russia provoke in 1979?

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