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

2. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2000.

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

4. In 1999, new intelligence emerged that Bin Laden would spend a night at a specific location in which city of Afghanistan?
(a) Jalalabad.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Kunduz.
(d) Kabul.

5. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?
(a) Crashed into the South Tower.
(b) Crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
(c) Crashed into the Pentagon.
(d) Crashed into the North Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?

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

3. What is CAPPS?

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

5. What does FAA stand for?

(see the answer key)

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