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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. What does NORAD stand for?
(a) North American Aerospace Defense Command.
(b) National Office of Required Aerospace Defense.
(c) National Office for Rescue of Aircraft Department.
(d) Northeast Organization for Response to Aircraft Demands.

2. What is the name of the main mechanism for communicating sensitive intelligence to the President?
(a) The President's Daily Brief.
(b) The President's Daily News.
(c) The President's Sensitive Intelligence Meeting.
(d) The Sensitive Intelligence Meeting for the President.

3. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1998.

4. Despite the unprecedented level of intelligence warnings, how many contained specific information as to the timing or the targets of an attack?
(a) 5.
(b) 75.
(c) 20.
(d) 0.

5. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?
(a) The U.N.
(b) The Northern Alliance.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) The Southern Alliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the low-altitude "hallway" along the Hudson River that passes New York landmarks?

2. The diplomatic effort shifted to Pakistan, whose ________ was a key backer of the Taliban.

3. Who became the new national security adviser for the Bush Administration?

4. When was al-Qaeda formed?

5. When Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan from Sudan in May 1996, he was greeted by a reactivation of which U.S. agencies intelligence networks?

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