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

2. Which Taliban leader promised the U.S. to expel Bin Laden?
(a) Mawlawi Abdul Kabir.
(b) Amir Khan Muttaqi.
(c) Mullah Mohammad Rabbani.
(d) Mullah Omar.

3. 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) Egyptian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Saudi.

4. What does NORAD stand for?
(a) Northeast Organization for Response to Aircraft Demands.
(b) National Office for Rescue of Aircraft Department.
(c) National Office of Required Aerospace Defense.
(d) North American Aerospace Defense Command.

5. When was the CIA created?
(a) After WWI.
(b) After the Gulf War.
(c) After the Cold War.
(d) After WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?

2. On 9/11 the number of NORAD alert sites had ____ fighter aircraft on alert.

3. Who was the NSA supposed to notify of any suspicious domestic terrorist activities?

4. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.

5. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

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