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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) March 1979.
(b) January 1979.
(c) July 1979.
(d) December 1979.

3. Yousef received jihad bomb training and participated in the attack where?
(a) U.S. embassy, Tehran.
(b) World Trade Center, New York.
(c) U.S. Marine barracks, Beirut.
(d) Afghan capitol building, Kabul.

4. Benazir Bhutto told America it would bring peace to the nation, but did not tell them about aid to the Taliban from where?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Pakistani.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Afghanistan.

5. While he received money and supplies through the CIA without the Pakistanis knowing it, Massoud had no contact with the CIA during what decade because of the CIA agreement with Pakistan?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 2000s.

Short Answer Questions

1. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?

2. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?

3. In what year did CIA agent Howard Hart become the station chief in Islamabad?

4. Such attacks continued world-wide and U.S. intelligence saw a new terrorist generation had emerged by what point?

5. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?

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