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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. When was Bin Laden in Saudi Arabia to promote radical Islamic policies that irritated the government that he had to leave?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1991.

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

5. Yosef was brought back to the U.S. on what date where he told the FBI that he was inspired by certain leaders but refused to say who?
(a) 2 July 1994.
(b) 5 June 1993.
(c) 8 February 1995.
(d) 4 November 1996.

6. Who became the CIA station chief in Islamabad in July 1986?
(a) Howard Hart.
(b) Milton Bearden.
(c) Frank Anderson.
(d) Duane R. "Dewey" Clarridge.

7. What casualties resulted when Kasi fired upon employees as they entered the CIA headquarters on 23 January 1993?
(a) 3 killed, 5 wounded.
(b) 5 killed, 3 wounded.
(c) 1 killed, 4 wounded.
(d) 2 killed, 3 wounded.

8. Many of the reports from Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia were treated how in Washington?
(a) Discounted.
(b) Required more study.
(c) Probable.
(d) Accepted.

9. In what year did CIA agent Howard Hart become the station chief in Islamabad?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1983.

10. In what year did the Taliban form?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1986.

11. Like all students at the time while attending Kabul Polytechnic Institute, what did Massoud have a choice between?
(a) Nazism or radical Judaism.
(b) Communism or radical Islam.
(c) Leninism or radical Buddhism.
(d) Marxism or radical Hinduism.

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

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

14. Many of the Kandahar Durranis were living where in exile in 1994?
(a) Primarily Central Asia.
(b) Various parts of the world.
(c) Primarily Middle East.
(d) Primarily Southern Africa.

15. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?
(a) Waning.
(b) Stable.
(c) Increasing.
(d) Gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?

2. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?

3. What did Massoud's group protect?

4. Where was a champagne party held when the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan?

5. The author identified which rebel as the one the Saudis viewed as most important?

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