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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. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.
(a) Russians.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) Germans.
(d) Koreans.

2. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?
(a) Into the South Tower.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) Into the North Tower.
(d) In a field in Pennsylvania.

3. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Jihadist.
(d) Mongols.

4. By 1997, the CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that al-Qaeda was planning attacks against __________ interests and was actively seeking nuclear materials.
(a) Egypt.
(b) Quwait.
(c) Russia.
(d) U.S.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?

2. Who joined with the U.S. and launched a joint diplomatic campaign to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Laden?

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

4. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

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

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