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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cofer Black became the CIA station chief in which capital city in 1993?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Kabul.

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

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

4. Bin Laden practiced operational security that was intensive and he was cautious of what?
(a) Radio communication.
(b) Telephones.
(c) Couriers.
(d) Computers.

5. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) July 1979.
(b) March 1979.
(c) January 1979.
(d) December 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan with their goal to kill the Afghan leader, Hafizullah Amin, and install a new communist regime?

2. By early 1999, Tenet was certain that bin Laden would be capable of striking the U.S. at what point?

3. The Taliban was initiated with which individual as its leader?

4. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?

5. Who published a joint manifesto with bin Laden that declared the U.S. as the enemy in 1998?

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