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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) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

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

3. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?
(a) London.
(b) America.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Afghanistan.

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

5. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.
(b) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.
(c) America withdrew from Somalia.
(d) America air raided Somalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Bin Laden's view, who is Islam's principal enemy?

2. Where did NORAD assumed that hijacked airline terrorist threats would originate?

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

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