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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?
(a) 21 March 1987.
(b) 12 January 1987.
(c) 31 May 1987.
(d) 13 November 1986.

2. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?
(a) Saudi gold wealth.
(b) Saudi mineral wealth.
(c) Saudi oil wealth.
(d) Saudi industrial wealth.

3. The author identified which rebel as the one the Saudis viewed as most important?
(a) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(b) Hamid Karzai.
(c) Osama bin Laden.
(d) Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf.

4. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Kabul.

5. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?

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

3. Massoud was a top target for the Soviets because his group used and repaired captured weapons and equipment against which nationality?

4. Prince Turki al-Faisal was chief of Saudi intelligence during what period?

5. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?

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