The 'Homeland' Quiz

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The 'Homeland' Quiz
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About This Quiz

You've been following the exploits of Carrie, Saul and the gang for years, but how much do you really know about "Homeland?" Take this quiz and find out.
"Homeland" premiered in October of this year.
2009
2010
2011
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Episode 1 aired on Oct. 2, 2011.

"Homeland" is based on the Israeli series "Hatufim," which means ______________.
double agent
prisoner of war
counterspy
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The first three seasons of "Homeland" deal with Nicholas Brody, a former prisoner of war.

From which mental affliction does Carrie Mathison suffer?
schizophrenia
bipolar disorder
depression
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Carrie has bipolar disorder.

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Who's the bad guy in Seasons 1 and 2?
Abu Nazir
Majid Javadi
Haissam Haqqani
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Abu Nazir is assumed to be the head of Al-Qaeda. He held Brody captive for eight years and converted him into a Muslim and Al-Qaeda operative.

With whom does Brody's wife have an affair while Brody is gone?
his brother
his best friend
his boss
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Jessica is in a secret relationship with Mike Faber, Brody's best friend.

While on a family vacation to this Civil War site, Brody picks up his suicide vest.
Gettysburg
Antietam
Fort Sumter
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Brody takes a solo side trip into the town of Gettysburg to retrieve his suicide vest from a local tailor.

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Why doesn't Brody detonate his suicide vest in the Season 1 finale?
Saul tackles him.
He gets a call from his daughter.
Vice President Walden foils the plan.
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Brody's vest malfunctions at first, but he fixes it and is just about to try again when he gets a call from Dana, who changes his mind.

After the failed bombing, Abu Nazir makes Brody kill this guy to prove his loyalty.
Carrie
CIA Director Estes
Tom Walker
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Walker had fulfilled his mission, so Abu Nazir ordered Brody to kill him.

Saul and Carrie's first big mission of Season 2 takes place in this city.
Beirut
Baghdad
Kabul
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Carrie's no longer with the CIA at the start of the season, but Estes and Saul call her into Beirut.

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How does Abu Nazir die?
Brody strangles him.
The CIA bombs his compound.
A SWAT team kills him.
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Nazir is holding Carrie hostage and sacrifices himself to the SWAT team that finds them.

Director Estes calls in Peter Quinn to do surveillance on Brody. Who does it turn out that Quinn works for?
CIA black ops
Al-Qaeda
the FBI
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Quinn is a black-ops assassin who works under Dar Adal.

Where is Brody during the CIA bombing?
in CIA headquarters
at the airport on the way to Iraq
at his house
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Brody and Carrie are at the CIA for Vice President Walden's memorial service when the bomb goes off.

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While Nazir is holding Carrie hostage, he forces Brody to kill this guy.
Vice President Walden
CIA Director Estes
Ahmed Nazari
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Nazir makes Brody carry out the fairly convoluted plan of killing Walden by disabling his pacemaker.

Where is Brody being held captive in Season 3?
Rio de Janeiro
Bogota
Caracas
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Last we saw Brody, Carrie was sending him off through the woods to Canada. But in Season 3, he's stuck in an abandoned high-rise in Caracas.

When Carrie pulls "The Yoga Play" in Season 3, who is she trying to get away from?
the CIA
Brody
Majid Javadi
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Carrie, with the help of Max, puts the slip on CIA surveillance by getting a look-alike to take her place in yoga class.

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Why does Quinn shoot Carrie during an operation to catch the Langley bomber?
because he's a double agent
because he thinks she's protecting Brody
because she's about to ruin a mission
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Carrie wants the bomber captured alive, so she starts to rush in when she realizes he's about to get killed. Not wanting to blow their cover, Quinn follows orders to shoot and disable her.

Who is Fara Sherazi?
the wife of Majid Javadi
Brody's Al-Qaeda contact
a CIA analyst
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Fara Sherazi is a financial specialist who makes important discoveries in the case against Javadi.

Who does Javadi murder when he fails to turn up at a meeting with Carrie?
his family
Danesh Akbari
Brody
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Javadi shows up at his son's house and brutally murders his wife and daughter-in-law.

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Who rescues Brody from the Tower of David?
Quinn
Carrie
Saul
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Saul follows the money trail and pays $10 million to extricate Brody from Caracas.

How does Brody die?
Quinn takes him out.
He's hanged.
Javadi strangles him.
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Carrie looks on as Brody is executed in Tehran.

Carrie accepts the station chief post in Istanbul at the end of Season 3. At the start of Season 4, she's the station chief in Kabul. Why?
The previous Kabul chief had been killed.
She got fired in Istanbul.
She wanted to leave her daughter in the U.S.
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Carrie ends up taking the position in Kabul because she isn't allowed to bring her baby -- and she'd rather not take care of her, anyway.

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How does she end up as the station chief in Islamabad?
She blackmails Lockhart.
Saul pulls some strings.
Quinn assassinates the current chief so Carrie can take the job.
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After being forced out of Kabul because of the wedding drone attack she ordered, she blackmails Lockhart into giving her the position in Islamabad.

Who's the bad guy in Season 4?
Haissam Haqqani
Aayan Ibrahim
Aasar Khan
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Taliban commander Haqqani is Carrie's target for the season.

Why does Quinn stop Carrie from ordering a drone strike on Haqqani?
because Saul is in the car with him
because he realizes Haqqani is somewhere else
because a group of kids will die too
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The CIA has a clear shot at Haqqani after he executes Aayan, and Carrie wants to take it even though a captive Saul is there, too. But Quinn overrules her at the last second.

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What is Haqqani looking for when he infiltrates the embassy?
the CIA's weapons locker
the mainframe computer
a list of CIA assets in Pakistan
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Lockhart fiercely guards the list of assets until Haqqani has a knife to Fara's throat. He gives up the list -- and Haqqani kills her anyway.

Where's the action in Season 5?
Lebanon
Germany
Iran
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"Homeland" takes a detour into Berlin in season 5.

Where is General Youssef headed when his plane explodes?
the United States
Iraq
Syria
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The CIA has offered a regime-change plan to the general, but his plane back to Syria explodes shortly after takeoff.

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Which Berlin landmark do the terrorists choose for the sarin-gas attack?
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Brandenburg Gate
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The Hauptbahnhof -- or main train station -- is the site of the failed attack.

What's the name of Allison's Russian contact?
Etai Luskin
Astrid Korzenik
Ivan Krupin
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Allison is Ivan Krupin's asset. After they're caught he eventually gives her up, and the CIA assassinates her as she's being transported back to Russia.

How does Quinn die?
He's hit by a train trying to foil the attack.
He inhales sarin gas.
The Russians assassinate him.
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The terrorists use Quinn as their sarin-gas guinea pig, and it eventually kills him even though Qasim gave him the antidote.

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