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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. How did Coll describe the relationship between Black and Pillar?

2. The U.S. was to accept severe social regulations imposed by the Taliban for what reason?

3. The first CIA Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team (NALT-1) flew by what means from Dushanbe to the Panjshir Valley in 1997?

4. How did the author describe Clinton's view of the CIA as an institution?

5. In 2000, the White House counterterrorism head asked which acquaintance to address the bin Laden intelligence problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

2. Why was autumn in 1999 rough for managers at the Counterterrorist Center who were reporting possible terrorist threats?

3. What MiG fighter jet intercept mission of a CIA Predator drone was described in Chapter 29?

4. Why did Prince Turki believe that bin Laden had fallen through the cracks?

5. How was the Afghan war changing by 1999?

6. How did the "bin Laden Issue Station" evolve?

7. Why did Schroen encounter difficulty recovering CIA Stinger missiles from the Taliban?

8. What took place in the Oval Office meeting on 2 December 1998 in the early afternoon?

9. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

10. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Cull referring to in Chapter 7 when he quoted Frank Anderson as having said, "The Reagan administration had attracted to Washington 'an awful lot of Soldier of Fortune readers'"?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Pakistan become a far different setting in which to conduct covert action subsequent to the anti-Soviet jihad?

Essay Topic 3

What was author Steve Coll referring to when he noted an adviser to Ahmed Shah Massoud recalled a roughly translated Afghan phrase that went, "'Your mouth cannot be sweet when you talk about honey; you must have honey in your mouth'"?

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