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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?
(a) Several times.
(b) Never.
(c) Only once.
(d) Many times.

2. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?
(a) 1 August 1988.
(b) 1 February 1986.
(c) 1 August 1991.
(d) 1 February 1990.

3. Prince Turki al-Faisal was chief of Saudi intelligence during what period?
(a) 1997-2001.
(b) 1994-2001.
(c) 1987-2001.
(d) 1977-2001.

4. 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.

5. By the mid-1980s, the Afghan rebels were staging attacks within what borders?
(a) Romania.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?

2. Like all students at the time while attending Kabul Polytechnic Institute, what did Massoud have a choice between?

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

4. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?

5. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?

(see the answer key)

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