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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?
(a) October 1986.
(b) August 1988.
(c) December 1987.
(d) June 1985.

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

3. In what year did CIA agent Howard Hart become the station chief in Islamabad?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1977.

4. By the mid-1980s, the Afghan rebels were staging attacks within what borders?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Romania.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?

3. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?

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

5. Many of the Kandahar Durranis were living where in exile in 1994?

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