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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1966.

2. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Native governmental order.
(b) National government operation.
(c) Non-governmental organization.
(d) Normal government operations.

3. Who does the author claim in Part 1: Chapter 5 was not above taking a profit from the sale of opium in his community but would take the money and use it to better the lives of his own people?
(a) Toobah.
(b) Ghulam.
(c) Fahim.
(d) Sadhar.

4. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
(a) The Durrani Corridor.
(b) The Wakhan Corridor.
(c) The Firishta Corridor.
(d) The Pashtun Corridor.

5. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?

2. What is the capital of Afghanistan?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?

4. Where did Greg Mortenson earn a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and an associate's degree in nursing?

5. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?

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