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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 "Foresight and Hindsight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.
(a) Bible.
(b) Torah.
(c) Tanakh.
(d) Koran.

2. The end of which war created vacuums that bred new and unexpected scenarios of instability, primarily in the Middle East and South Asia?
(a) Desert Storm.
(b) WWII.
(c) WWI.
(d) Cold War.

3. What is INS?
(a) Inter-American Nations Security.
(b) Immigrant and Natural Selection.
(c) Information for National Security.
(d) Immigration and Naturalization Service.

4. 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) Egyptian.
(d) Muslim.

5. Approximately ________ of all spending on intelligence is within the Defense Department.
(a) 80%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The American intelligence apparatus launched a full-press effort to disrupt suspected ________ plots.

2. 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?

3. When was President Bush informed of the 9/11 attacks?

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

5. Where did the Hamburg group plan to attend flight school?

(see the answer key)

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