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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did the Turkmenistan government make their deal?
(a) Bulgheroni, with Washington support.
(b) Unocal, without Washington support.
(c) Unocal, with Washington support.
(d) Bulgheroni, without Washington support.

2. Such attacks continued world-wide and U.S. intelligence saw a new terrorist generation had emerged by what point?
(a) Mid-1997.
(b) Early 1996.
(c) Late 1996.
(d) Mid-1995.

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

4. Many of the Kandahar Durranis were living where in exile in 1994?
(a) Primarily Middle East.
(b) Primarily Central Asia.
(c) Various parts of the world.
(d) Primarily Southern Africa.

5. Massoud felt he had recovered some political and military momentum in opposition to the Taliban by what point?
(a) Summer 2000.
(b) Autumn 2000.
(c) Spring 2000.
(d) Winter 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the White House national security adviser between 1993 and 1997?

2. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?

3. In 1997 intelligence agents learned of assassination plots against which target?

4. It was decided to treat terrorists as criminals with no claims to political legitimacy, and which was selected as the lead agency in 1995?

5. Uzbekistan, which is bordered to the south by Afghanistan, was ruled by which individual in 1999?

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