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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?
(a) None.
(b) Only one.
(c) One in person and one by telephone.
(d) One in person and two by telephone.

2. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?
(a) Large amounts of ammunition.
(b) Large amounts of drugs .
(c) Large amounts of money .
(d) Large amounts of gold .

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

4. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?
(a) National Security Decision Directive 166.
(b) National Security Decision Directive 007.
(c) National Security Decision Directive Tight Fist.
(d) National Security Decision Directive U-2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he was attacked by the Soviets at Jaji, bin Laden met Aymen al-Zawahiri, preached global jihad, and initiated what sort of campaign?

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

3. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?

4. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?

5. While he received money and supplies through the CIA without the Pakistanis knowing it, Massoud had no contact with the CIA during what decade because of the CIA agreement with Pakistan?

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