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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 issued two Presidential Decision Directives in 1995 and 1998 reiterating that terrorism was a national security threat and not simply a law enforcement issue?
(a) The CIA.
(b) President Clinton.
(c) The FBI.
(d) President Bush.

2. When was President Bush informed of the 9/11 attacks?
(a) Before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.
(b) After United Airlines Flight 93 crashed.
(c) After American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.
(d) After American Airlines Flight 77 crashed.

3. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?
(a) In a field in Pennsylvania.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) Into the South Tower.
(d) Into the North Tower.

4. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Logistics.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Terrorism.

5. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?

2. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

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

4. The federal government had some success in freezing ________ assets that reached the U.S. banking system.

5. What is EMPTA?

(see the answer key)

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