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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the CIA chief selected when the Bill Clinton administration took office?
(a) James Woolsey.
(b) Robert Gates.
(c) Edmund McWilliams.
(d) John Deutch.

2. 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) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

3. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?
(a) Civilian airliners.
(b) Civilian ambulances.
(c) Civilian freight vehicles.
(d) Civilian ships.

4. Many of the reports from Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia were treated how in Washington?
(a) Required more study.
(b) Discounted.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Probable.

5. Yousef received jihad bomb training and participated in the attack where?
(a) Afghan capitol building, Kabul.
(b) U.S. Marine barracks, Beirut.
(c) World Trade Center, New York.
(d) U.S. embassy, Tehran.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the CIA's Counterterrorist Center formed?

2. With what was the CIA and government more concerned when they received this Central Asia envoy's warning?

3. Benazir Bhutto told America it would bring peace to the nation, but did not tell them about aid to the Taliban from where?

4. What was seen as the biggest threat once the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan?

5. When Deutch quit as CIA director after merely 19 months, the president attempted to nominate which individual?

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