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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?
(a) August 1988.
(b) June 1985.
(c) December 1987.
(d) October 1986.

2. When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan with their goal to kill the Afghan leader, Hafizullah Amin, and install a new communist regime?
(a) January 1979.
(b) July 1979.
(c) December 1979.
(d) March 1979.

3. How did Coll describe the relationship between Black and Pillar?
(a) "Not a natural partner."
(b) Distrusting of each other."
(c) A tight and natural partner."
(d) "Skeptical of each other's approach."

4. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?
(a) Mohammed Yousaf.
(b) Asad Durrani.
(c) Kuwaja Ziauddin.
(d) Naseem Rana.

5. The CIA and ISI planned another offensive to build the strength of Massoud and other rebel leaders that called for them to take Kabul in which winter?
(a) 1988-1989.
(b) 1989-1990.
(c) 1990-1991.
(d) 1987-1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Bhutto ousted from office and Nawaz Sharif became prime minister?

2. When Deutch quit as CIA director after merely 19 months, the president attempted to nominate which individual?

3. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?

4. Saudi intelligence used what type of charities to funnel money to Afghanistan?

5. The CIA slowly composed an intricate map of which infrastructure made from photos and satellite imagery?

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