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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1986.

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

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

4. Where was a champagne party held when the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan?
(a) KGB headquarters.
(b) CIA headquarters.
(c) ISI headquarters.
(d) MI6 headquarters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he was attacked by the Soviets at Jaji, bin Laden met Aymen al-Zawahiri, preached global jihad, and initiated what sort of campaign?

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

3. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?

4. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?

5. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?

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