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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "The Foundation of the New Terrorism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On 9/11 the number of NORAD alert sites had ____ fighter aircraft on alert.
(a) 100.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

2. What does NEADS stand for?
(a) New England Air Defense Sector.
(b) Northeast Air Defense Squad.
(c) Northeast Air Defense Sector.
(d) North Equator Air Defense Sector.

3. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.
(b) America air raided Somalia.
(c) America withdrew from Somalia.
(d) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.

4. What does FAA stand for?
(a) Federal Aviation Association.
(b) Federal Airlines Administration.
(c) Federal Airlines Association.
(d) Federal Aviation Administration.

5. The hijackers where reported to have all of the following weapons except:
(a) Knife.
(b) Taser.
(c) Mace.
(d) Bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?

2. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

3. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?

4. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:

5. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?

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