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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. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?

2. Massoud felt he had recovered some political and military momentum in opposition to the Taliban by what point?

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

4. Six weeks after Massoud took Kabul, what was first on a list of strict rules imposed by religious police?

5. Who was the ISI head from 1998 to 1999?

Short Essay Questions

1. By early 1999, what was Tenet's view about the possibility bin Laden might again attack America?

2. Why was Nawaz Sharif in fear of his army?

3. How was Clinton's visit to Pakistan among the strangest that presidential history has to offer?

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

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

6. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

7. How had the U.S. intelligence arms switched their focus by 1998?

8. Why was it the CIA's working idea to attempt to keep bin Laden outside "KKJ"?

9. How was Unocal introduced?

10. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was noteworthy about the use of Predator reconnaissance drones?

Essay Topic 2

What was the significance when the CIA re-established contact with Ahmed Shah Massoud in September 1996?

Essay Topic 3

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'"?

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