View a FREE sample

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 did President Clinton offer to Pakistan's President Musharraf in return for decisive action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda?
(a) The moon.
(b) Money.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Increased military support.

2. What does ISID stand for?
(a) Immigration Service for Intelligence Directorate.
(b) International Security Immigration Department.
(c) Inter-Security Intelligence Department.
(d) Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.

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

4. Who was the prominent preacher who stressed the importance of waging violent jihad and even personally pressed some members of the Hamburg groups to fulfill their duty to jihad by fighting in Afghanistan?
(a) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
(b) Gamal Abdel Nasser.
(c) Hamid Karzai.
(d) Mohammed Haydar Zammar.

5. What was the name of KSM's plot to blow up several American airliners over the Pacific ocean?
(a) The Shoe Bomber Operation".
(b) The "Dirty Bomb Plot".
(c) The "Lackawanna Six Plot".
(d) The "Bojinka Plot".

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. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?

3. The outcome of the November 7, 2000, presidential election was not decided for how many days?

4. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?

5. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample