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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 "Heroism and Horror".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the CIA created?
(a) After the Gulf War.
(b) After WWI.
(c) After WWII.
(d) After the Cold War.

2. What is the name of the main mechanism for communicating sensitive intelligence to the President?
(a) The President's Sensitive Intelligence Meeting.
(b) The President's Daily News.
(c) The President's Daily Brief.
(d) The Sensitive Intelligence Meeting for the President.

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

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

5. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 120 minutes.
(d) 60 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?

3. State and local law enforcement agencies were asked to exercise maximum vigilance and to report any suspicions to who?

4. 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?

5. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York froze $215 million worth of Afghan ________.

(see the answer key)

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