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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Massoud's group protect?
(a) Solang Hospital.
(b) Solang Highway.
(c) Solang Valley.
(d) Solang Airport.

2. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?
(a) Civil war.
(b) Religious conflict.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Political unrest.

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

4. When did riots in Islamabad and an attack on the U.S. embassy take place?
(a) 21 November 1979.
(b) 21 October 1979.
(c) 21 September 1979.
(d) 21 December 1979.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did the Islamic opposition revolt against the established communist Russian government in Herat, Afghanistan?

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

4. Hart also met regularly with Akhtar due Rahman, who directed the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency known as what?

5. 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?

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