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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action did Massoud take when the Soviets planned to attack the Panjshir Valley?
(a) Fled the valley.
(b) Set up military defenses.
(c) Ordered it evacuated.
(d) Assimilated into neighboring towns.

2. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?
(a) It was against their religious beliefs.
(b) It was an inhumane method of warfare.
(c) They could not infiltrate Soviet lines.
(d) It presented unnecessary risk to civilians.

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

4. Cofer Black became the CIA station chief in which capital city in 1993?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Islamabad.

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

6. While he received money and supplies through the CIA without the Pakistanis knowing it, Massoud had no contact with the CIA during what decade because of the CIA agreement with Pakistan?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 2000s.
(d) 1990s.

7. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?
(a) National Security Decision Directive Tight Fist.
(b) National Security Decision Directive 166.
(c) National Security Decision Directive U-2.
(d) National Security Decision Directive 007.

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

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

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

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) 12 January 1987.
(c) 13 November 1986.
(d) 31 May 1987.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?
(a) Jihad Youth Organization.
(b) Muslim Youth Organization.
(c) Marxist Youth Organization.
(d) Hitler Youth Organization.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?

3. What casualties resulted when Kasi fired upon employees as they entered the CIA headquarters on 23 January 1993?

4. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?

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

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