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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "From Threat to Threat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the NSA supposed to notify of any suspicious domestic terrorist activities?
(a) CBI.
(b) CIA.
(c) FBI.
(d) FAA.

2. When did KSM originally meet with Bin Laden to present a vague plan to hijack planes and use them as guided missiles?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1996.

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

4. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.
(a) Russians.
(b) Koreans.
(c) Germans.
(d) Soviet Union.

5. Who joined with the U.S. and launched a joint diplomatic campaign to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Laden?
(a) India.
(b) Afghantistan.
(c) The Saudis.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. In late 1999, which authorities broke up a cell with ties to al-Qaeda that was planning to attack a hotel in downtown Amman, Jordan, and several Christian holy sites?

2. KSM stated that his hatred of the U.S. stemmed not from his experience there as a student, but from his disagreement with U.S. policy towards the ___________.

3. What was the "Predator"?

4. Who was the prominent preacher who stressed the importance of waging violent jihad and even personally pressed some members of the Hamburg groups to fulfill their duty to jihad by fighting in Afghanistan?

5. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

(see the answer key)

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