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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Al-Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?
(a) FAA & CBI.
(b) CTC & NCTC.
(c) FAA & NORAD.
(d) NORAD & CAPPS.

2. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S. Air Force.
(b) The Vice President.
(c) The Secretary of Defense.
(d) The U.S Army.

3. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.
(a) Labor.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Financing.
(d) Food.

4. Fatwa is an interpretation of __________ law by a respected Islamic authority.
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Christian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the Hamburg group received a U.S. visa?

2. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:

3. By July 1999, the U.S. succeeded in labeling Afghanistan a state sponsor of __________.

4. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.

5. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?

(see the answer key)

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