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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "From Threat to Threat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Gamal Abdel Nasser.
(c) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
(d) Mohammed Haydar Zammar.

2. Who was to blame for the August 7, 1998 East Africa embassy bombings?
(a) Al-Umar-Mujahideen.
(b) Armed Islamic Group.
(c) Abu Nidal Organization.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

3. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?
(a) Into the South Tower.
(b) Into the North Tower.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) In a field in Pennsylvania.

4. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.
(a) Food.
(b) Financing.
(c) Labor.
(d) Supplies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does FAA stand for?

2. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

3. When did KSM originally meet with Bin Laden to present a vague plan to hijack planes and use them as guided missiles?

4. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?

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

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