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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?
(a) Karachi.
(b) Munich.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Beirut.

2. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Kabul.

3. Prince Turki al-Faisal was chief of Saudi intelligence during what period?
(a) 1987-2001.
(b) 1977-2001.
(c) 1994-2001.
(d) 1997-2001.

4. Bin Laden was sponsoring jihad in Communist Yemen and opposed the Saudi government when they allowed American troops in to liberate which nation?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Kuwait.
(d) Oman.

5. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?
(a) Civil war.
(b) Religious conflict.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Political unrest.

6. When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan with their goal to kill the Afghan leader, Hafizullah Amin, and install a new communist regime?
(a) December 1979.
(b) January 1979.
(c) July 1979.
(d) March 1979.

7. The ISI began to supply the Taliban in 1995, which soon controlled what region?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Northern Iraq.
(c) Southern Afghanistan.
(d) Northern Yemen.

8. Who was the CIA chief selected when the Bill Clinton administration took office?
(a) Edmund McWilliams.
(b) Robert Gates.
(c) John Deutch.
(d) James Woolsey.

9. Since Pakistan was close to having nuclear capability, American aid ended under what law?
(a) Pressler Amendment.
(b) Baker Amendment.
(c) Pixler Amendment.
(d) Reagan Amendment.

10. What did Massoud's group protect?
(a) Solang Valley.
(b) Solang Hospital.
(c) Solang Airport.
(d) Solang Highway.

11. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1987.

12. Chapter 12 revealed what about the State Department and CIA in 1991?
(a) In open competition regarding change of Kabul government.
(b) In secret competition regarding change of Kabul government.
(c) In secret agreement regarding change of Kabul government.
(d) In open agreement regarding change of Kabul government.

13. The Taliban leaders met with Saudi intelligence as they had to learn how to form and operate what?
(a) Rebel commando units.
(b) Financial gathering operations.
(c) Taliban intelligence unit.
(d) Islamic government.

14. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?
(a) Madeleine Albright.
(b) William Milam.
(c) Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth.
(d) Edmund McWilliams.

15. Benazir Bhutto told America it would bring peace to the nation, but did not tell them about aid to the Taliban from where?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Pakistani.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?

3. The Taliban was initiated with which individual as its leader?

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

5. The CIA and ISI planned another offensive to build the strength of Massoud and other rebel leaders that called for them to take Kabul in which winter?

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