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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?
(a) Civilian ambulances.
(b) Civilian freight vehicles.
(c) Civilian ships.
(d) Civilian airliners.

2. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) March 1979.
(b) July 1979.
(c) January 1979.
(d) December 1979.

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

4. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?
(a) It had been partially successful.
(b) It had been successful.
(c) It was not yet finished.
(d) It had failed.

5. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?
(a) Kabul Polytechnic Institute.
(b) Tehran University.
(c) University of Afghanistan.
(d) Quaid-I-Azam University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Taliban form?

2. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?

3. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?

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

5. Abdullah Azzam moved to Peshawar from Islamabad in 1984 and founded what to raise money?

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