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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was a champagne party held when the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan?
(a) ISI headquarters.
(b) CIA headquarters.
(c) KGB headquarters.
(d) MI6 headquarters.

2. 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) Regulations were founded on religious Islamic law.
(c) U.S. had no authority on Islamic law imposition.
(d) Regulations resulted in peace for most of the country.

3. Six weeks after Massoud took Kabul, what was first on a list of strict rules imposed by religious police?
(a) Taxis must not stop for women without full burqa.
(b) Tailors displaying fashion magazines were jailed.
(c) Women washing clothes in a river were sent home.
(d) Unmarried females could not appear in public alone.

4. Where on his inventory of threats the U.S. faced did Tenet rank bin Laden in 1999?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. When the foreign oil representatives arrived in Afghanistan, why would Mullah Omar not meet with them?
(a) They did not have full beards.
(b) They were not Taliban.
(c) They were not Muslims.
(d) They were not Afghans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation did not meet multilateral lending requirements for the pipeline at that time?

2. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?

3. Which two al-Qaeda operatives arrested around the 2000 New Year planned to carry out terrorist attacks?

4. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?

5. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?

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