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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. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?
(a) 1200.
(b) 2000.
(c) 12.
(d) 100.

2. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S. Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of Defense.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The U.S Army.

3. The hijackers where reported to have all of the following weapons except:
(a) Mace.
(b) Bomb.
(c) Taser.
(d) Knife.

4. Who was the mayor of New York city in 2001?
(a) George H. W. Bush.
(b) Rudolph Giuliani.
(c) Michael Bloomberg.
(d) David N. Dinkins.

5. The American intelligence apparatus launched a full-press effort to disrupt suspected ________ plots.
(a) Al-Qaeda.
(b) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
(c) Fatah al-Islam.
(d) Armed Islamic Group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NEADS stand for?

2. What did President Clinton offer to Pakistan's President Musharraf in return for decisive action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda?

3. Federal law prohibits the ________ from gathering intelligence on U.S. citizens or other people within the U.S. except as specified by FISA requirements.

4. Which Taliban leader promised the U.S. to expel Bin Laden?

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

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