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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Taliban form?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1986.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?

2. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?

3. The new National Security Decision Directive in 1985 made it harder to keep CIA involvement secret and there was concern the Soviets would retaliate against what nations?

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

5. Who became the CIA station chief in Islamabad in July 1986?

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