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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?
(a) Antacid.
(b) Acetylsalicylic acid.
(c) Anthrax.
(d) Boron nitride.

2. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?
(a) Jihad Youth Organization.
(b) Hitler Youth Organization.
(c) Muslim Youth Organization.
(d) Marxist Youth Organization.

3. The Taliban was initiated with which individual as its leader?
(a) Mahmoud Ahmed.
(b) Mullah Mohammed Rabbani.
(c) Mohammed Yousaf.
(d) Mullah Mohammed Omar.

4. With what was the CIA and government more concerned when they received this Central Asia envoy's warning?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Kuwait.

5. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?
(a) Iran, Russia.
(b) Russia, U.S.
(c) Iran, Yemen.
(d) U.S., Yemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?

2. Argentine oilman Carlos Bulgheroni had the same idea as Unocal and had whose support?

3. Pakistan recognized the Taliban as its government without Sharif knowing, and days later the Taliban was expelled from where?

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

5. When was Bin Laden in Saudi Arabia to promote radical Islamic policies that irritated the government that he had to leave?

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