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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 "The System Was Blinking Red".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offered to attack Bin Laden's Derunta training camp in December 1999?
(a) Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah.
(b) Ali Atwa.
(c) Abdul Rahman Yasin.
(d) Ahmed Shah Massoud.

2. How many planes were originally planned to be involved in the 9/11/2001 plot?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 20.
(d) 4.

3. The outcome of the November 7, 2000, presidential election was not decided for how many days?
(a) 37.
(b) 31.
(c) 60.
(d) 29.

4. The American intelligence apparatus launched a full-press effort to disrupt suspected ________ plots.
(a) Fatah al-Islam.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Armed Islamic Group.
(d) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

5. What is the name of the CSGs foreign emergency response teams?
(a) FISC.
(b) FFTC.
(c) FISA.
(d) FEST.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the unprecedented level of intelligence warnings, how many contained specific information as to the timing or the targets of an attack?

2. When was the CIA created?

3. Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) earned a college degree in what subject?

4. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?

5. In Bin Laden's view, who is Islam's principal enemy?

(see the answer key)

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