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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. When was President Bush informed of the 9/11 attacks?
(a) After United Airlines Flight 93 crashed.
(b) After American Airlines Flight 77 crashed.
(c) Before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.
(d) After American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.

2. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) First Class.
(b) Rear of the aircraft.
(c) Coach.
(d) In the jump seats of the aircraft.

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

4. On 9/11 the number of NORAD alert sites had ____ fighter aircraft on alert.
(a) 1.
(b) 100.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?

2. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.

3. What does NEADS stand for?

4. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?

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

(see the answer key)

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