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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1984.

3. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?
(a) University of Afghanistan.
(b) Kabul Polytechnic Institute.
(c) Quaid-I-Azam University.
(d) Tehran University.

4. It was decided to treat terrorists as criminals with no claims to political legitimacy, and which was selected as the lead agency in 1995?
(a) FBI.
(b) DIA.
(c) DIA.
(d) CIA.

5. The CIA's Counterterrorist Center established a new office dedicated to bin Laden in what year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

1. The U.S. did not support Massoud but kept their contacts, as the official position would change if al-Qaeda attacked where?

2. How was President Zia killed?

3. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?

4. Bin Laden was sponsoring jihad in Communist Yemen and opposed the Saudi government when they allowed American troops in to liberate which nation?

5. The U.S. was to accept severe social regulations imposed by the Taliban for what reason?

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