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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?
(a) Large amounts of ammunition.
(b) Large amounts of drugs .
(c) Large amounts of gold .
(d) Large amounts of money .

2. Yosef and his associates also had plans to hijack a plane and crash it where?
(a) CIA headquarters.
(b) White House.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) U.N. headquarters.

3. George Tenet became CIA director in what year?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1998.

4. Tenet's reform program for the CIA did what?
(a) De-emphasized covert actions, intelligence gathering.
(b) De-emphasized covert actions, emphasized intelligence gathering.
(c) Emphasized both covert actions, intelligence gathering.
(d) Emphasized covert actions, de-emphasized intelligence gathering.

5. Which nation did not meet multilateral lending requirements for the pipeline at that time?
(a) Tajikistan.
(b) Turkmenistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe Clinton's view of the CIA as an institution?

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

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

4. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?

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

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