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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the Counter-terrorism Security Group, what possible target is a major concern?
(a) Embassies across the globe.
(b) Political Conventions.
(c) Olympic Games in Atlanta.
(d) The World Exposition in New York.

4. What risky task does Gallucci have at the Agricultural Ministry?
(a) Lead a surprise raid to obtain proof of a nuclear program.
(b) He must convince Hussein to let the U.N. in for inspections.
(c) Distract the Republican Guards as others raid a nearby building.
(d) Negotiate with terrorists to bring an American hostage home.

5. What confounds the Counter-terrorism Security Group about the World Trade Center bombing?
(a) Why the WTC would be a target.
(b) The type of bomb utilized in the attack.
(c) How the terrorist group got into the WTC.
(d) The unknown names and unfamiliar terrorist group responsible.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In regards to the chemical/biological weapons front, what does Colin Powell think about them for the First Gulf War?

4. When Clarke returns to the White House after a short break on 9/12, what does he hear Rumsfeld discussing?

5. How does al Qaeda indirectly fund terrorism so they are not caught?

(see the answer key)

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