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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Taliban trying to clear Afghanistan of?
(a) Military dictator.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Warlords.
(d) Elected officials.

2. Where was Ramzi Yousef born where but his family fled during the Iraq invasion?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Pakistan.

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

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

5. Hart also met regularly with Akhtar due Rahman, who directed the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency known as what?
(a) Intra-Services Intelligence.
(b) Inter-Services Intelligence.
(c) Inter-Secret Intelligence.
(d) Intro-Services Intelligence.

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

7. 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 an inhumane method of warfare.
(b) It was against their religious beliefs.
(c) It presented unnecessary risk to civilians.
(d) They could not infiltrate Soviet lines.

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

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

10. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?
(a) Political unrest.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Religious conflict.
(d) Civil war.

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

12. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?
(a) Madeleine Albright.
(b) William Milam.
(c) Edmund McWilliams.
(d) Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth.

13. 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) Afghanistan, U.S.
(b) Saudi Arabia, U.S.
(c) Afghanistan, Pakistan.
(d) Pakistan, U.S.

14. Egyptian Sheikh Rahman suffered from what physical disability?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Mute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became the CIA station chief in Islamabad in July 1986?

2. Chapter 12 revealed what about the State Department and CIA in 1991?

3. Bin Laden was sponsoring jihad in Communist Yemen and opposed the Saudi government when they allowed American troops in to liberate which nation?

4. 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?

5. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?

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