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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "The Foundation of the New Terrorism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

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

3. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
(a) America.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

4. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.
(a) African.
(b) American.
(c) Korean.
(d) Canadian.

5. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?
(a) By truck bombs.
(b) By WMD's.
(c) By gunmen.
(d) By hijacked aircraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?

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

3. Fatwa is an interpretation of __________ law by a respected Islamic authority.

4. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

5. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?

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