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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) April 1987.
(c) July 1987.
(d) October 1987.

2. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Kabul.

3. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1990.

4. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?
(a) University of Afghanistan.
(b) Quaid-I-Azam University.
(c) Tehran University.
(d) Kabul Polytechnic Institute.

5. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?

2. 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?

3. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?

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

5. By the mid-1980s, the Afghan rebels were staging attacks within what borders?

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