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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Hamburg cell, as it was known, coalesce?
(a) A shabby mosque.
(b) A shabby hotel room.
(c) A gymnasium back room.
(d) A coffee shop back room.

2. The first CIA Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team (NALT-1) flew by what means from Dushanbe to the Panjshir Valley in 1997?
(a) U.S. Army helicopters.
(b) U.S. Marine Corps helicopters.
(c) U.S. Air Force helicopters.
(d) Massoud's helicopters.

3. When the foreign oil representatives arrived in Afghanistan, why would Mullah Omar not meet with them?
(a) They were not Taliban.
(b) They did not have full beards.
(c) They were not Afghans.
(d) They were not Muslims.

4. The U.S. was to accept severe social regulations imposed by the Taliban for what reason?
(a) Regulations resulted in peace for most of the country.
(b) Islamic laws were likely to be overthrown.
(c) U.S. had no authority on Islamic law imposition.
(d) Regulations were founded on religious Islamic law.

5. Where on his inventory of threats the U.S. faced did Tenet rank bin Laden in 1999?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?

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

3. When was the treaty for the Soviet withdrawal signed in Geneva?

4. Who was the White House national security adviser between 1993 and 1997?

5. After he was attacked by the Soviets at Jaji, bin Laden met Aymen al-Zawahiri, preached global jihad, and initiated what sort of campaign?

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