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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he was attacked by the Soviets at Jaji, bin Laden met Aymen al-Zawahiri, preached global jihad, and initiated what sort of campaign?
(a) Surface-to-air missiles.
(b) Vehicle bombings.
(c) Media.
(d) Commando raids.

2. Tenet was frustrated by what attention the Clinton Cabinet provided the al Qaeda threat?
(a) "Ignored."
(b) "On-and-off."
(c) "Minimal."
(d) "Too late."

3. Who became the CIA station chief in Islamabad in July 1986?
(a) Howard Hart.
(b) Duane R. "Dewey" Clarridge.
(c) Frank Anderson.
(d) Milton Bearden.

4. Views differ on what was said, but instead of Saudis, Sudanese spoke with bin Laden and he moved where?
(a) Pakistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.
(b) Afghanistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.
(c) Afghanistan, to an area controlled by the Taliban.
(d) Pakistan, to an area not controlled by the Taliban.

5. The U.S. was to accept severe social regulations imposed by the Taliban for what reason?
(a) Islamic laws were likely to be overthrown.
(b) U.S. had no authority on Islamic law imposition.
(c) Regulations were founded on religious Islamic law.
(d) Regulations resulted in peace for most of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was President Zia killed?

2. The first CIA Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team (NALT-1) flew by what means from Dushanbe to the Panjshir Valley in 1997?

3. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?

4. The Hamburg cell, which derived its name from the German city it met in, included which members?

5. Madeleine Albright and who else declared publicly multiple times the U.S. would align with no side in Afghan's war?

(see the answer key)

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