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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?
(a) 1 February 1986.
(b) 1 February 1990.
(c) 1 August 1988.
(d) 1 August 1991.

2. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?
(a) Former Afghan defense minister.
(b) Current Afghan president.
(c) Current Afghan defense minister.
(d) Former Afghan president.

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

4. The author identified which rebel as the one the Saudis viewed as most important?
(a) Osama bin Laden.
(b) Hamid Karzai.
(c) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
(d) Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf.

5. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?
(a) Civilian ambulances.
(b) Civilian ships.
(c) Civilian freight vehicles.
(d) Civilian airliners.

6. 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) Oman.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Kuwait.

7. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?
(a) Saudi mineral wealth.
(b) Saudi oil wealth.
(c) Saudi gold wealth.
(d) Saudi industrial wealth.

8. 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?
(a) 1987-1988.
(b) 1990-1991.
(c) 1989-1990.
(d) 1988-1989.

9. Yousef received jihad bomb training and participated in the attack where?
(a) Afghan capitol building, Kabul.
(b) U.S. embassy, Tehran.
(c) U.S. Marine barracks, Beirut.
(d) World Trade Center, New York.

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

11. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?
(a) It had been partially successful.
(b) It had failed.
(c) It had been successful.
(d) It was not yet finished.

12. 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) DIA.
(b) DIA.
(c) CIA.
(d) FBI.

13. Economic sanctions were imposed by the U.S. against which nation in 1993 because of government-sponsored terrorism?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Sudan.

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

15. Yosef and his associates also had plans to hijack a plane and crash it where?
(a) White House.
(b) U.N. headquarters.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) CIA headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. The success of the CIA depended on Hart's ability to work with Akhtar due Rahman in developing what list?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?

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