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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?
(a) Never.
(b) Several times.
(c) Many times.
(d) Only once.

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

3. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?
(a) Hitler Youth Organization.
(b) Marxist Youth Organization.
(c) Muslim Youth Organization.
(d) Jihad Youth Organization.

4. Not long after they formed, the Taliban captured what city?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Khakassia.
(d) Khartoum.

5. Hart also met regularly with Akhtar due Rahman, who directed the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency known as what?
(a) Intro-Services Intelligence.
(b) Inter-Secret Intelligence.
(c) Intra-Services Intelligence.
(d) Inter-Services Intelligence.

6. Many of the Kandahar Durranis were living where in exile in 1994?
(a) Primarily Middle East.
(b) Primarily Central Asia.
(c) Various parts of the world.
(d) Primarily Southern Africa.

7. In what year did the Taliban form?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1990.

8. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?
(a) Thomas Peterson.
(b) Peter Thompson.
(c) Peter Timmons.
(d) Peter Tomsen.

9. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?
(a) Gone.
(b) Increasing.
(c) Stable.
(d) Waning.

10. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Munich.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Khartoum.

11. In 1993. the CIA was warned by the State Department envoy in Central Asia that the policy of allowing the Afghans to find their own solution achieved what?
(a) Significant success.
(b) Minimal success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Moderate success.

12. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Riyadh.

13. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?
(a) 18 January 1989.
(b) 12 July 1988.
(c) 16 October 1988.
(d) 14 April 1988.

14. What did Massoud's group protect?
(a) Solang Hospital.
(b) Solang Airport.
(c) Solang Highway.
(d) Solang Valley.

15. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) July 1979.
(b) December 1979.
(c) January 1979.
(d) March 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?

2. Saudi intelligence used what type of charities to funnel money to Afghanistan?

3. What was seen as the biggest threat once the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan?

4. Yosef was brought back to the U.S. on what date where he told the FBI that he was inspired by certain leaders but refused to say who?

5. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?

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