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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who questioned the wisdom of killing Al Qaeda members without judicial process?
(a) Special lawyers.
(b) Special Forces.
(c) Special judges.
(d) Special courts.

2. Who said that the prisoners from Afghanistan could be detained indefinitely without legal representation?
(a) The Carter Administration.
(b) The Clinton Administration.
(c) The Obama Administration.
(d) The Bush Administration.

3. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?
(a) Early 1990s.
(b) Early 1980s.
(c) Mid 1990s.
(d) Mid 1980s.

4. How much information did the intelligence community have about threats to airlines before 9/11?
(a) Vast amounts.
(b) Significant amounts.
(c) Scant amounts.
(d) Very little amounts.

5. The Administration said there was no way an event such as 9/11 could have been what?
(a) Stopped.
(b) Predicted.
(c) Halted.
(d) Discovered.

Short Answer Questions

1. President Bush was documented as stating that he has the authority to suspend the Geneva Convention if what?

2. There was evidence that many of the terrorists had tested airline security by doing what?

3. What was the deadline President Bush set for everyone to come up with a compromise plan about Iraq?

4. Musharraf runs Pakistan as if he was what?

5. Who had, in the first weeks of the war, supposedly taken over the day-to-day running of the war?

(see the answer key)

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