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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?
(a) National Security Decision Directive Tight Fist.
(b) National Security Decision Directive 166.
(c) National Security Decision Directive 007.
(d) National Security Decision Directive U-2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Taliban trying to clear Afghanistan of?

2. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?

3. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?

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

5. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?

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