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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Navy officer unsure of whether to contact Clarke about the World Trade Center bombing in 1993?
(a) Clarke is not a popular figure amongst the military.
(b) The FBI already arrives on scene.
(c) It's the first major domestic terrorist attack.
(d) Freeh tells him not to.

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

3. 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) Runs to the Situation Room at the White House.
(d) Calls O'Neill to see if he is OK.

4. What had Clarke admitted to on a "60 Minutes" interview with Bonin just days before the 9/11 attacks?
(a) He had plans to retire in a month.
(b) He believes a big attack is inevitable.
(c) He wants Bush impeached.
(d) He is frustrated with the Bush administration's lack of focus on al Qaeda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of those listed, which is NOT an option as a retaliation effort against Iran for the Khobar attack?

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

3. Among the following, who is NOT present at the Counter-terrorism Security Group meeting immediately after the 9/11 attacks?

4. According to Clarke, what countries must the U.S. be concerned about?

5. Why is it important to have Arab nations as allies when the U.S. goes to war against Iraq?

(see the answer key)

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