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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Al-Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ________ increasingly became the province of non-sate actors during the 1980s and 1990s?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) World war.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Armed conflict.

3. What is the name of the Indonesian terrorist group that accepted Bin Laden's offer of an alliance with the purpose of waging war against Christians and Jews?
(a) Baader-Meinhof Group.
(b) Muslim Brotherhood.
(c) Islamic Army of Aden.
(d) Jemaah Islamiah.

4. What is EMPTA?
(a) A precursor of VX nerve gas.
(b) Pakistani intelligence department.
(c) Emergency Medical and Physical Training Association.
(d) The East Embassy building that was bombed.

5. In 2000, the U.S. and ________ succeeded in adding an arms embargo against the Taliban.
(a) Iraq.
(b) Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bin Laden first warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

2. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.

3. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?

4. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.

5. When was President Bush informed of the 9/11 attacks?

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