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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "Responses to al-Qaeda's Initial Assaults".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:
(a) It should convert to Islam.
(b) It should reform its decadent culture.
(c) It should give Al-Qaeda $2.5 billion.
(d) It should abandon the Middle East.

2. In 1995, while Bin Laden was still in Sudan, its government began to perceive him as a __________.
(a) Liability.
(b) Mastermind.
(c) Hero.
(d) Traitor.

3. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.
(a) Tanakh.
(b) Torah.
(c) Koran.
(d) Bible.

4. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) All.

5. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.
(a) 60 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 120 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?

2. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?

3. When did Bin Laden first warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

4. Who was the NSA supposed to notify of any suspicious domestic terrorist activities?

5. What was the name of Bin Laden's main camp in Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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