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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. Bin Laden and KSM decided the hijackers would mainly have to be from __________ nations because they could get U.S. visas with less scrutiny.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Saudi.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Hindu.

2. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?
(a) Omar Abdel Rahman.
(b) Bin Laden.
(c) Hani Hanjour.
(d) Khalid al Mihdhar.

3. What does NEADS stand for?
(a) North Equator Air Defense Sector.
(b) New England Air Defense Sector.
(c) Northeast Air Defense Sector.
(d) Northeast Air Defense Squad.

4. 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) Financing.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Labor.
(d) Food.

5. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?
(a) Mace.
(b) Tasors.
(c) Guns.
(d) Knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

2. In 1999, new intelligence emerged that Bin Laden would spend a night at a specific location in which city of Afghanistan?

3. What was established to review proposed intelligence activities in the U.S.?

4. ________ increasingly became the province of non-sate actors during the 1980s and 1990s?

5. Who was to blame for the August 7, 1998 East Africa embassy bombings?

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