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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Massoud's group protect?
(a) Solang Valley.
(b) Solang Highway.
(c) Solang Airport.
(d) Solang Hospital.

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

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

4. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?
(a) Gone.
(b) Increasing.
(c) Waning.
(d) Stable.

5. Hamid Gul was Director-General of the ISI during what period?
(a) 1987-1989.
(b) 1978-1987.
(c) 1983-1987.
(d) 1990-1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?

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

3. Egyptian Sheikh Rahman suffered from what physical disability?

4. Most embassy personnel in Islamabad awaited military dictator Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq's help, but he was doing what?

5. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?

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