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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author identified which rebel as the one the Saudis viewed as most important?
(a) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Osama bin Laden.
(c) Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf.
(d) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

3. In 1997 intelligence agents learned of assassination plots against which target?
(a) Osama bin Laden.
(b) Mullah Mohammed Omar.
(c) Ahmed Shah Massoud.
(d) Massoud Khalili.

4. 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.

5. Economic sanctions were imposed by the U.S. against which nation in 1993 because of government-sponsored terrorism?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Syria.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?

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

3. How did the author describe Clinton's view of the CIA as an institution?

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

5. When Deutch quit as CIA director after merely 19 months, the president attempted to nominate which individual?

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