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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Munich.
(d) Khartoum.

4. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?
(a) Jihad Youth Organization.
(b) Muslim Youth Organization.
(c) Hitler Youth Organization.
(d) Marxist Youth Organization.

5. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?
(a) One in person and two by telephone.
(b) One in person and one by telephone.
(c) Only one.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?

2. Yosef was brought back to the U.S. on what date where he told the FBI that he was inspired by certain leaders but refused to say who?

3. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?

4. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?

5. Not long after they formed, the Taliban captured what city?

(see the answer key)

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