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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. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?
(a) By WMD's.
(b) By gunmen.
(c) By hijacked aircraft.
(d) By truck bombs.

2. Approximately ________ of all spending on intelligence is within the Defense Department.
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 75%.

3. In Bin Laden's view, who is Islam's principal enemy?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Canada.
(d) Egypt.

4. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S Army.
(b) The Secretary of Defense.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The U.S. Air Force.

5. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?
(a) America.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) London.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.

2. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?

3. Who was the prominent preacher who stressed the importance of waging violent jihad and even personally pressed some members of the Hamburg groups to fulfill their duty to jihad by fighting in Afghanistan?

4. ________ increasingly became the province of non-sate actors during the 1980s and 1990s?

5. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?

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