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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?
(a) Mohammed Yousaf.
(b) Asad Durrani.
(c) Kuwaja Ziauddin.
(d) Naseem Rana.

2. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?
(a) Fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) Soviet decision to pull out of Afghanistan.
(c) Tiananmen Square protests.
(d) State Department call for a successor to him.

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

4. What term did Paul Pillar, a chief analyst at the CIA Counterterrorist Center, use when he described individuals like Yousef?
(a) "Tinkertoy terrorists."
(b) "Cowboy terrorists."
(c) "Rental terrorists."
(d) "Ad hoc terrorists."

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

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) Lebanon.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Kuwait.
(d) Oman.

7. Saudi intelligence used what type of charities to funnel money to Afghanistan?
(a) Political.
(b) Educational.
(c) Religious.
(d) Medical.

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

9. 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?
(a) Minimal success.
(b) Significant success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Moderate success.

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

11. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?
(a) 21 March 1987.
(b) 13 November 1986.
(c) 12 January 1987.
(d) 31 May 1987.

12. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?
(a) 14 April 1988.
(b) 12 July 1988.
(c) 16 October 1988.
(d) 18 January 1989.

13. 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.

14. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?
(a) Iran, Russia.
(b) Russia, U.S.
(c) Iran, Yemen.
(d) U.S., Yemen.

15. How was President Zia killed?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Bomb explosion.
(c) Commando raid.
(d) Plane crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Economic sanctions were imposed by the U.S. against which nation in 1993 because of government-sponsored terrorism?

2. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?

3. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?

4. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?

5. What did Massoud's group protect?

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