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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. Richard Clarke wanted to increase U.S. support for the __________ __________.
(a) Western Alliance.
(b) Eastern Alliance.
(c) Northern Alliance.
(d) Southern Alliance.

2. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America withdrew from Somalia.
(b) America air raided Somalia.
(c) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.
(d) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.

3. How many members of the Hamburg group received a U.S. visa?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?
(a) The Justice Department.
(b) The Vice President.
(c) The Defense Department.
(d) The State Department.

5. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The White House.
(c) The FAA.
(d) The Pentagon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York froze $215 million worth of Afghan ________.

3. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?

4. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

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

(see the answer key)

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