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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Massoud was a top target for the Soviets because his group used and repaired captured weapons and equipment against which nationality?
(a) Soviets.
(b) Afghans.
(c) Saudis.
(d) Pakistanis.

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

6. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?
(a) Saudi mineral wealth.
(b) Saudi oil wealth.
(c) Saudi gold wealth.
(d) Saudi industrial wealth.

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

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

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

10. Most embassy personnel in Islamabad awaited military dictator Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq's help, but he was doing what?
(a) Bike riding.
(b) Hospitalized.
(c) Flying to the United Nations.
(d) Flower gardening.

11. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Munich.

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

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

14. When did the Islamic opposition revolt against the established communist Russian government in Herat, Afghanistan?
(a) July 1979.
(b) January 1979.
(c) March 1979.
(d) December 1979.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Egyptian Sheikh Rahman suffered from what physical disability?

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

3. What term did Paul Pillar, a chief analyst at the CIA Counterterrorist Center, use when he described individuals like Yousef?

4. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?

5. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?

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