View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?
(a) October 1986.
(b) June 1985.
(c) August 1988.
(d) December 1987.

2. A 1998 memorandum of notification signed by whom authorized CIA agents to use lethal force to capture bin Laden?
(a) Deutch.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Woolsey.
(d) Tenet.

3. After the USS Cole attack, what was Bush's response when asked if terrorist-hosting nations should be subject to retaliation?
(a) He would "await the arrival" of the Navy investigation.
(b) He would not "play his hand" on that issue.
(c) He would act "swiftly and harshly" in response.
(d) He would have assess "all the pieces" before he moved.

4. Where did the CIA stand in regard to Black's enthusiasm in favor of armed drones?
(a) Unaware.
(b) In favor.
(c) Divided.
(d) Against.

5. Cofer Black became the CIA station chief in which capital city in 1993?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Kabul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Taliban trying to clear Afghanistan of?

2. Sudan was told the Khartoum embassy would close given their terrorist support, but what was one step it could take?

3. Some of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombers belong to al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Africa, and all were trained where?

4. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?

5. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 251 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample