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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Iran-Iraq war, what stance does the U.S. take?
(a) Instills sanctions on both countries.
(b) Aids Iran.
(c) Attempts peace talks between the two countries.
(d) Aids Iraq.

2. How does Clarke help prepare, but not frighten the public about homeland terrorism?
(a) By downplaying its possibility in the near future.
(b) His ability to use laymen's words and not medical jargon.
(c) By assuring the government has a handle on defenses.
(d) Through a series of briefings and speeches such as that on 60 minutes.

3. Why does Mike Fenzel have difficulty hearing the crisis conference in the Situation Room?
(a) The PEOC has bad static in their teleconference monitors.
(b) Dick Cheney will not allow him to.
(c) Mrs. Cheney prefers to listen to CNN and Dick Cheney keeps hanging up the phone.
(d) Fenzel is holed in a cave that has no secure line.

4. Where does Clinton get assurance that the U.S. bomb hit its target in Iraq?
(a) CIA satellite photos.
(b) A relative of a CNN employee.
(c) A friend who is a reporter for the Associated Press.
(d) A Wall Street Journal reporter in the field.

5. Under the Bush administration, who chairs the NSC Principals meeting?
(a) Clarke.
(b) Rice.
(c) Ashcroft.
(d) Cheney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first foreign rescue team to arrive in Africa when a terrorist attack hits U.S. soil?

2. What is the proper term for "snatches?"

3. Who vetoes the snatch against Usama bin Laden in 96-97?

4. Of the following, which is NOT a lesson learned in Charlie Allen's assembly of intelligence agencies?

5. What is Clarke's goal in the Persian Gulf during Reagan's administration?

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