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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?
(a) Missile.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Mortar.
(d) Tank.

2. How many casualties resulted in these two U.S. embassy attacks in Africa?
(a) Over 200 killed, over 4,000 injured.
(b) Over 300 killed, over 1,500 injured.
(c) Over 100 killed, over 450 injured.
(d) Over 150 killed, over 600 injured.

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

4. Some of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombers belong to al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Africa, and all were trained where?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Iran.
(c) Yemen.
(d) Pakistan.

5. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) December 1979.
(b) January 1979.
(c) March 1979.
(d) July 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?

2. With whom did the Turkmenistan government make their deal?

3. The Hamburg cell, which derived its name from the German city it met in, included which members?

4. When Deutch quit as CIA director after merely 19 months, the president attempted to nominate which individual?

5. Sudan was told the Khartoum embassy would close given their terrorist support, but what was one step it could take?

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