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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. How many American soldiers were put into the field with the first Gulf War?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 650,000.
(d) 550,000.

2. The war on ________ happened after 9/11.
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Terror.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Afghanistan.

3. After 9/11, prisoners captured in Afghanistan were declared to be what?
(a) Enemy combatants.
(b) Spies.
(c) Insurgents.
(d) Terrorists.

4. The Office of Special Plans worked to find evidence that Saddam Hussein had links to whom?
(a) Spanish terrorists.
(b) Saudi royal family.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Al Qaeda.

5. When did the U.S. challenge North Korea diplomatically about stopping all nuclear operations?
(a) March 2002.
(b) January 2002.
(c) July 2002.
(d) October 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much information did the intelligence community have about threats to airlines before 9/11?

2. Perle had worked closely with Douglas Frith since when?

3. How did members of the C.I.A. describe their assassination programs in Vietnam during the war?

4. There were reports of plans to seize airplanes and use them as weapons going back to when?

5. What government was Perle highly critical of, claiming it was a major element of the terrorism problem?

(see the answer key)

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