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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?
(a) Only one.
(b) One in person and one by telephone.
(c) One in person and two by telephone.
(d) None.

2. What group did Massoud join while at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?
(a) Hitler Youth Organization.
(b) Marxist Youth Organization.
(c) Muslim Youth Organization.
(d) Jihad Youth Organization.

3. Saudi intelligence used what type of charities to funnel money to Afghanistan?
(a) Religious.
(b) Medical.
(c) Political.
(d) Educational.

4. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?
(a) It had been partially successful.
(b) It was not yet finished.
(c) It had failed.
(d) It had been successful.

5. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?
(a) Never.
(b) Many times.
(c) Only once.
(d) Several times.

Short Answer Questions

1. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?

2. What was the new U.S. plan for covert war in Afghanistan known as?

3. The U.S. embassy attack was coordinated by a radical group at which university?

4. In what year did the Taliban form?

5. What did Massoud's group protect?

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