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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. Approximately ________ of all spending on intelligence is within the Defense Department.
(a) 25%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 80%.

2. Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) earned a college degree in what subject?
(a) Computer science.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Mechanical engineering.
(d) Microbiology.

3. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) Judicial branch.
(b) Congress.
(c) Mayor.
(d) U.S. military.

4. ________ increasingly became the province of non-sate actors during the 1980s and 1990s?
(a) World war.
(b) Civil war.
(c) Armed conflict.
(d) Terrorism.

5. What is "Gestapo"?
(a) Satellite.
(b) Atomic bomb.
(c) Secret army.
(d) Secret police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?

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

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

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

5. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

(see the answer key)

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