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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Since Pakistan was close to having nuclear capability, American aid ended under what law?
(a) Reagan Amendment.
(b) Pressler Amendment.
(c) Pixler Amendment.
(d) Baker Amendment.

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

4. When did riots in Islamabad and an attack on the U.S. embassy take place?
(a) 21 October 1979.
(b) 21 December 1979.
(c) 21 November 1979.
(d) 21 September 1979.

5. The ISI began to supply the Taliban in 1995, which soon controlled what region?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Northern Yemen.
(c) Northern Iraq.
(d) Southern Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?

2. Who became the CIA station chief in Islamabad in July 1986?

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

4. Abdullah Azzam moved to Peshawar from Islamabad in 1984 and founded what to raise money?

5. The Taliban leaders met with Saudi intelligence as they had to learn how to form and operate what?

(see the answer key)

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