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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. What is "Gestapo"?
(a) Secret army.
(b) Atomic bomb.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Satellite.

2. When was the CIA created?
(a) After WWI.
(b) After WWII.
(c) After the Cold War.
(d) After the Gulf War.

3. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?
(a) By gunmen.
(b) By hijacked aircraft.
(c) By WMD's.
(d) By truck bombs.

4. In late 1999, which authorities broke up a cell with ties to al-Qaeda that was planning to attack a hotel in downtown Amman, Jordan, and several Christian holy sites?
(a) American.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Jordanian.
(d) Palestinian.

5. What is CAPPS?
(a) Passenger pre-screening system.
(b) A law passed to collect intelligence from foreign countries.
(c) A law enforcement agency of the FBI.
(d) No fly list.

Short Answer Questions

1. After 9/11/2001, U.S. officials learned from ________ intelligence that Moussaoui had attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.

2. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.

3. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.

4. Where did the Hamburg group plan to attend flight school?

5. Who became the new national security adviser for the Bush Administration?

(see the answer key)

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