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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?
(a) It presented unnecessary risk to civilians.
(b) It was against their religious beliefs.
(c) They could not infiltrate Soviet lines.
(d) It was an inhumane method of warfare.

2. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?
(a) 12 January 1987.
(b) 31 May 1987.
(c) 21 March 1987.
(d) 13 November 1986.

3. In what year did CIA agent Howard Hart become the station chief in Islamabad?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

4. At what point was the CIA allowed to begin operations in Afghanistan using Zia's intelligence service as an intermediary?
(a) March 1979.
(b) December 1979.
(c) January 1979.
(d) July 1979.

5. While he received money and supplies through the CIA without the Pakistanis knowing it, Massoud had no contact with the CIA during what decade because of the CIA agreement with Pakistan?
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan with their goal to kill the Afghan leader, Hafizullah Amin, and install a new communist regime?

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

3. What did Massoud's group protect?

4. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?

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

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