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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns does the FBI have with the new counter-terrorism policy?
(a) The department is no longer autonomous but under the CSG.
(b) FBI investigations are now subject to random investigation by the CSG.
(c) Secret Service, CIA, and FBI must meet more often.
(d) Sharing information with civilians.

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

3. What news does the FAA give that causes silence in the CSG meeting on 9/11?
(a) There is another off-course flight heading towards the Sears Tower.
(b) They are unable to give orders to ground all flights.
(c) Reports of 11 off-course flights or out of communication flights may be hijacked.
(d) The names of the passengers on board include al Qaeda.

4. What is the government's response to the rise in terrorism during Clinton's administration?
(a) Some are alarmed, but most do not see the urgency.
(b) The Pentagon seems worried, but the White House does not see the urgency.
(c) Senior officials feel prepared and are not worried.
(d) Most go to work waiting for something big to happen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people feel secure about future terrorist attacks?

2. What does Clarke work on with Arms Control Director Ron Lehmen to verify "innocent' chemical plants?

3. What is Sandy Berger's advice to Clarke to get varying departments concerned about chemical/biological weapons prevention and response?

4. What is expected to happen on August 20, 1998?

5. Of the following, which is NOT a lesson learned in Charlie Allen's assembly of intelligence agencies?

(see the answer key)

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