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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan with their goal to kill the Afghan leader, Hafizullah Amin, and install a new communist regime?
(a) July 1979.
(b) March 1979.
(c) January 1979.
(d) December 1979.

3. What action did Massoud take when the Soviets planned to attack the Panjshir Valley?
(a) Ordered it evacuated.
(b) Assimilated into neighboring towns.
(c) Set up military defenses.
(d) Fled the valley.

4. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?
(a) 12 July 1988.
(b) 14 April 1988.
(c) 16 October 1988.
(d) 18 January 1989.

5. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?
(a) Current Afghan president.
(b) Former Afghan president.
(c) Current Afghan defense minister.
(d) Former Afghan defense minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Massoud's group protect?

2. Who was the CIA chief selected when the Bill Clinton administration took office?

3. What casualties resulted when Kasi fired upon employees as they entered the CIA headquarters on 23 January 1993?

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

5. In 1993. the CIA was warned by the State Department envoy in Central Asia that the policy of allowing the Afghans to find their own solution achieved what?

(see the answer key)

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