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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Clarke does upon hearing the news of the World Trade Center?
(a) Heads to the White House to speak with Cheney and Rice.
(b) Calls Rice to see what she wants to do.
(c) Calls O'Neill to see if he is OK.
(d) Runs to the Situation Room at the White House.

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 in New York.
(b) The movement of the President away from the Northeast.
(c) The crash into the Sears Tower.
(d) The crash into the Pentagon.

3. The Russians almost prepare to exercise their strategic nuclear forces due to what concern?
(a) U.S.'s air patrol towards Alaska.
(b) U.S.'s preparations for missile attacks.
(c) U.S.'s global alert to DEFCON 3.
(d) U.S's naval movement towards Alaska.

4. After homeland issues are assured in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, what is the Situation Room's next topic?
(a) How to invade Iraq.
(b) How they can link Saddam to this.
(c) What to do about al Qaeda.
(d) How to get Pakistan's support.

5. How does the U.S. affect the Iran-Iraq war?
(a) Helps stop the war with peace talks.
(b) The sanctions by the U.S. on both countries affects Iran more.
(c) Gives intelligence to Iraq.
(d) Secretly gives arms to Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iraq do that convinces Charlie Allen that Iraq is serious about Kuwait?

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

3. What development adds to the political turmoil in the Middle East?

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

5. What had Clarke admitted to on a "60 Minutes" interview with Bonin just days before the 9/11 attacks?

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