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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he was attacked by the Soviets at Jaji, bin Laden met Aymen al-Zawahiri, preached global jihad, and initiated what sort of campaign?
(a) Vehicle bombings.
(b) Surface-to-air missiles.
(c) Media.
(d) Commando raids.

2. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?
(a) 1 August 1991.
(b) 1 February 1986.
(c) 1 February 1990.
(d) 1 August 1988.

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

4. According to Chapter 10, where did Jallaladin Haqqanni operate near and test weapons and equipment for the CIA?
(a) Parrot's Beak.
(b) Hawk's Beak.
(c) Eagle's Beak.
(d) Pelican's Beak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hamid Gul was Director-General of the ISI during what period?

2. What was the Taliban trying to clear Afghanistan of?

3. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?

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

5. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?

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