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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 "Heroism and Horror".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?
(a) President George H. W. Bush.
(b) President George W. Bush.
(c) President Ronald Reagan.
(d) President Bill Clinton.

2. ______ minutes after the first plane hit the Twin Towers, it is believed that an order to evacuate the tower was issued over the building's intercom system.
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixty.

3. In 2000, the U.S. and ________ succeeded in adding an arms embargo against the Taliban.
(a) Russia.
(b) India.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

4. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?
(a) The FAA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The White House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Majority of the muscle hijackers settled in what U.S. state?

2. State and local law enforcement agencies were asked to exercise maximum vigilance and to report any suspicions to who?

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

4. The counter-terrorism meeting between Richard Clarke and the Bush Administration did not take place until when?

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

(see the answer key)

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