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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1993. the CIA was warned by the State Department envoy in Central Asia that the policy of allowing the Afghans to find their own solution achieved what?
(a) Moderate success.
(b) Minimal success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Significant success.

2. A 1998 memorandum of notification signed by whom authorized CIA agents to use lethal force to capture bin Laden?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Woolsey.
(c) Tenet.
(d) Deutch.

3. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?
(a) Large amounts of gold .
(b) Large amounts of drugs .
(c) Large amounts of money .
(d) Large amounts of ammunition.

4. Massoud had gained strength in new arms deals and felt that the Taliban had weakened as he rebuilt what?
(a) Northern Alliance.
(b) Western Alliance.
(c) Southern Alliance.
(d) Eastern Alliance.

5. Abdullah Azzam moved to Peshawar from Islamabad in 1984 and founded what to raise money?
(a) Agency of Services.
(b) Office of Tour Services.
(c) Office of Services.
(d) Travel Services Office.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?

2. The U.S. did not support Massoud but kept their contacts, as the official position would change if al-Qaeda attacked where?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?

5. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?

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