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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who published a joint manifesto with bin Laden that declared the U.S. as the enemy in 1998?
(a) Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(b) Aburrashid Dostum.
(c) Abdullah Azzam.
(d) Mohammed Atef.

2. With whom did the Turkmenistan government make their deal?
(a) Unocal, with Washington support.
(b) Unocal, without Washington support.
(c) Bulgheroni, with Washington support.
(d) Bulgheroni, without Washington support.

3. What term did Paul Pillar, a chief analyst at the CIA Counterterrorist Center, use when he described individuals like Yousef?
(a) "Tinkertoy terrorists."
(b) "Rental terrorists."
(c) "Cowboy terrorists."
(d) "Ad hoc terrorists."

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

5. In 1997 intelligence agents learned of assassination plots against which target?
(a) Mullah Mohammed Omar.
(b) Ahmed Shah Massoud.
(c) Osama bin Laden.
(d) Massoud Khalili.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 19, what nations did Massoud engage in locating sponsors?

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

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

4. In 1993. the CIA was warned by the State Department envoy in Central Asia that the policy of allowing the Afghans to find their own solution achieved what?

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

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