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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prince Turki al-Faisal was chief of Saudi intelligence during what period?
(a) 1977-2001.
(b) 1987-2001.
(c) 1994-2001.
(d) 1997-2001.

2. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Munich.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Beirut.

3. The CIA fed what to Massoud's organization during the war with the Soviet Union?
(a) Large amounts of gold .
(b) Large amounts of money .
(c) Large amounts of drugs .
(d) Large amounts of ammunition.

4. The ISI began to supply the Taliban in 1995, which soon controlled what region?
(a) Northern Iraq.
(b) Southern Pakistan.
(c) Southern Afghanistan.
(d) Northern Yemen.

5. Benazir Bhutto told America it would bring peace to the nation, but did not tell them about aid to the Taliban from where?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistani.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Sudan.

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

7. By what time had bin Laden moved to Peshawar?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1986.

8. 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) 1970s.
(b) 2000s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1980s.

9. Hart also met regularly with Akhtar due Rahman, who directed the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency known as what?
(a) Intra-Services Intelligence.
(b) Inter-Secret Intelligence.
(c) Inter-Services Intelligence.
(d) Intro-Services Intelligence.

10. Chapter 12 revealed what about the State Department and CIA in 1991?
(a) In secret competition regarding change of Kabul government.
(b) In secret agreement regarding change of Kabul government.
(c) In open competition regarding change of Kabul government.
(d) In open agreement regarding change of Kabul government.

11. When did riots in Islamabad and an attack on the U.S. embassy take place?
(a) 21 November 1979.
(b) 21 October 1979.
(c) 21 December 1979.
(d) 21 September 1979.

12. Like all students at the time while attending Kabul Polytechnic Institute, what did Massoud have a choice between?
(a) Marxism or radical Hinduism.
(b) Nazism or radical Judaism.
(c) Leninism or radical Buddhism.
(d) Communism or radical Islam.

13. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?
(a) Increasing.
(b) Gone.
(c) Waning.
(d) Stable.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term did Paul Pillar, a chief analyst at the CIA Counterterrorist Center, use when he described individuals like Yousef?

2. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?

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

4. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?

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

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