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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what was the CIA and government more concerned when they received this Central Asia envoy's warning?
(a) Kuwait.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Lebanon.

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

3. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?
(a) Large amounts of ammunition.
(b) Large amounts of drugs .
(c) Large amounts of gold .
(d) Large amounts of money .

4. Hamid Gul was Director-General of the ISI during what period?
(a) 1978-1987.
(b) 1987-1989.
(c) 1983-1987.
(d) 1990-1992.

5. When did riots in Islamabad and an attack on the U.S. embassy take place?
(a) 21 December 1979.
(b) 21 October 1979.
(c) 21 November 1979.
(d) 21 September 1979.

6. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?
(a) Missile.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Mortar.
(d) Tank.

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

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

9. What was seen as the biggest threat once the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan?
(a) Radical Islam.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Nuclear capability.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Such attacks continued world-wide and U.S. intelligence saw a new terrorist generation had emerged by what point?
(a) Mid-1997.
(b) Early 1996.
(c) Late 1996.
(d) Mid-1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benazir Bhutto told America it would bring peace to the nation, but did not tell them about aid to the Taliban from where?

2. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?

3. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?

4. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?

5. Like all students at the time while attending Kabul Polytechnic Institute, what did Massoud have a choice between?

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