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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Not long after they formed, the Taliban captured what city?
(a) Khakassia.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Karachi.

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

6. The new National Security Decision Directive in 1985 made it harder to keep CIA involvement secret and there was concern the Soviets would retaliate against what nations?
(a) Pakistan, U.S.
(b) Afghanistan, Pakistan.
(c) Saudi Arabia, U.S.
(d) Afghanistan, U.S.

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

8. 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.

9. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?
(a) Peter Tomsen.
(b) Thomas Peterson.
(c) Peter Thompson.
(d) Peter Timmons.

10. 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 been successful.
(c) It was not yet finished.
(d) It had failed.

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

12. 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) Moderate success.
(b) Significant success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Minimal success.

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

14. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Abdullah Azzam moved to Peshawar from Islamabad in 1984 and founded what to raise money?

2. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?

3. Most embassy personnel in Islamabad awaited military dictator Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq's help, but he was doing what?

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

5. When did the Islamic opposition revolt against the established communist Russian government in Herat, Afghanistan?

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