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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What development adds to the political turmoil in the Middle East?
(a) Hussein attacks Iran.
(b) Russia invades Iran.
(c) Iran attacks Israel.
(d) Hussein attacks Kuwait.

2. Initially, plans are to have Combat Air Patrol (CAP) over New York and D.C. Clarke then orders CAPs over every major city in the country. What causes him to extend the plans even further?
(a) The crash into the Sears Tower.
(b) The crash into the Pentagon.
(c) The crash in New York.
(d) The movement of the President away from the Northeast.

3. How does Clarke quell issues with Israel in regards to selling arms to South Africa?
(a) Discusses apartheid and anti-semitism with Ivry.
(b) Threatens sanctions to all countries that sell to South Africa, including Israel.
(c) Offers financial strategies that can replace Israel's business with South Africa.
(d) Reminds Ivry that Israel needs the U.S. as long as Russia is a superpower.

4. What results in the Soviets' attempt to invade the central Asian region?
(a) It creates unlikely alliances in the Middle East/central Asia/ Persian Gulf.
(b) They withdraw but impress communist influence in the region.
(c) They are able to keep presence until the fall of U.S.S.R.
(d) They withdraw in 1988.

5. When Clarke returns to the White House after a short break on 9/12, what does he hear Rumsfeld discussing?
(a) How to get Pakistan's support.
(b) Precautions before entering a war.
(c) Ways to attack Afghanistan.
(d) War with Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. What key event does Russia provoke in 1979?

2. As Clarke and other national levels get together, what does the mayor of New York City order?

3. Why does Mike Fenzel have difficulty hearing the crisis conference in the Situation Room?

4. What problematic turn occurs in 1985 that alarms the U.S.?

5. Which country helps the U.S. strengthen its military presence in the Middle East?

(see the answer key)

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