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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. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Congress.
(c) Judicial branch.
(d) U.S. military.

2. Who was said to have visibly winced when he was informed of the desire of the U.S. to capture Bin Laden alive?
(a) Ahmed Shah Massoud.
(b) Mullah Omar.
(c) Ramzi Yousef.
(d) Bin Laden.

3. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) All.
(d) 1/3.

4. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

5. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?
(a) President George H. W. Bush.
(b) President Bill Clinton.
(c) President Ronald Reagan.
(d) President George W. Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?

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

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

4. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?

5. By 1997, the CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that al-Qaeda was planning attacks against __________ interests and was actively seeking nuclear materials.

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