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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Not long after they formed, the Taliban captured what city?

4. What action did Massoud take when the Soviets planned to attack the Panjshir Valley?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Peter Tomsen's role differ when he took over the position Ed McWilliams held in late 1989?

2. In the opening of Chapter 5, what did CIA director William Casey relay to President Ronald Reagan in January 1984?

3. How did Robert Gates view Bill Clinton when he flew to meet the president-elect?

4. How were the Panjshiris seen by 1994?

5. How did the Soviets view the war in Afghanistan initially?

6. Why did the CIA Islamabad station hold a cautious view of Massoud as related in Chapter 8?

7. How did Ahmed Badeeb sneak through Pakistani customs with over $1.8 million in U.S. cash?

8. What were some of the elements of Michael Pillsbury's goal in Afghanistan?

9. Why was Khartoum a popular place for energetic CIA case officers to get assigned?

10. How was Paul Pillar described when he arrived at the Counterterrorist Center in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Central Intelligence Agency shape the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Taliban begin in 1994 and evolve?

Essay Topic 3

What was the new secret two-track policy Peter Tomsen finalized toward the Afghan war subsequent to the Soviet troop withdrawal?

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