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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prince Turki al-Faisal was chief of Saudi intelligence during what period?
(a) 1977-2001.
(b) 1994-2001.
(c) 1997-2001.
(d) 1987-2001.

2. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?
(a) 12 January 1987.
(b) 31 May 1987.
(c) 21 March 1987.
(d) 13 November 1986.

3. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?
(a) Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth.
(b) Edmund McWilliams.
(c) William Milam.
(d) Madeleine Albright.

4. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?
(a) 1 August 1991.
(b) 1 February 1990.
(c) 1 February 1986.
(d) 1 August 1988.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 12 revealed what about the State Department and CIA in 1991?

2. The success of the CIA depended on Hart's ability to work with Akhtar due Rahman in developing what list?

3. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?

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

5. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?

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