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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The war in Afghanistan cost the Soviet Union how many billion dollars?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

2. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?
(a) Fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) State Department call for a successor to him.
(c) Tiananmen Square protests.
(d) Soviet decision to pull out of Afghanistan.

3. What action did Massoud take when the Soviets planned to attack the Panjshir Valley?
(a) Set up military defenses.
(b) Assimilated into neighboring towns.
(c) Ordered it evacuated.
(d) Fled the valley.

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

5. What term did Paul Pillar, a chief analyst at the CIA Counterterrorist Center, use when he described individuals like Yousef?
(a) "Rental terrorists."
(b) "Tinkertoy terrorists."
(c) "Cowboy terrorists."
(d) "Ad hoc terrorists."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?

2. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?

3. By the mid-1980s, the Afghan rebels were staging attacks within what borders?

4. Chapter 12 revealed what about the State Department and CIA in 1991?

5. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?

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