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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?
(a) January 1987.
(b) October 1987.
(c) April 1987.
(d) July 1987.

2. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?
(a) Fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) State Department call for a successor to him.
(c) Soviet decision to pull out of Afghanistan.
(d) Tiananmen Square protests.

3. Like all students at the time while attending Kabul Polytechnic Institute, what did Massoud have a choice between?
(a) Leninism or radical Buddhism.
(b) Marxism or radical Hinduism.
(c) Nazism or radical Judaism.
(d) Communism or radical Islam.

4. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?
(a) Missile.
(b) Tank.
(c) Mortar.
(d) Helicopter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bin Laden was sponsoring jihad in Communist Yemen and opposed the Saudi government when they allowed American troops in to liberate which nation?

2. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?

3. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?

4. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?

5. When did riots in Islamabad and an attack on the U.S. embassy take place?

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