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

2. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) U.S. military.
(b) Judicial branch.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Congress.

3. What does FAA stand for?
(a) Federal Aviation Association.
(b) Federal Aviation Administration.
(c) Federal Airlines Administration.
(d) Federal Airlines Association.

4. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?
(a) The Northern Alliance.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) The Southern Alliance.
(d) The U.N.

5. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?
(a) 100.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1200.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.

2. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?

3. Who was said to have visibly winced when he was informed of the desire of the U.S. to capture Bin Laden alive?

4. In 1995, while Bin Laden was still in Sudan, its government began to perceive him as a __________.

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

(see the answer key)

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