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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. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

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

3. What was established to review proposed intelligence activities in the U.S.?
(a) DEA.
(b) INS.
(c) ATF.
(d) FISA court.

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

5. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?
(a) President George H. W. Bush.
(b) President Ronald Reagan.
(c) President George W. Bush.
(d) President Bill Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is CAPPS?

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

3. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?

4. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

5. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

(see the answer key)

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