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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?
(a) October 1986.
(b) August 1988.
(c) June 1985.
(d) December 1987.

2. In 1993. the CIA was warned by the State Department envoy in Central Asia that the policy of allowing the Afghans to find their own solution achieved what?
(a) Significant success.
(b) Moderate success.
(c) Minimal success.
(d) Failure.

3. Such attacks continued world-wide and U.S. intelligence saw a new terrorist generation had emerged by what point?
(a) Mid-1997.
(b) Early 1996.
(c) Late 1996.
(d) Mid-1995.

4. What did Massoud's group protect?
(a) Solang Airport.
(b) Solang Highway.
(c) Solang Valley.
(d) Solang Hospital.

5. The Taliban leaders met with Saudi intelligence as they had to learn how to form and operate what?
(a) Rebel commando units.
(b) Islamic government.
(c) Financial gathering operations.
(d) Taliban intelligence unit.

6. In Chapter Five, what did CIA director William Casey advise President Ronald Reagan about their Afghanistan campaign?
(a) It was not yet finished.
(b) It had been partially successful.
(c) It had been successful.
(d) It had failed.

7. Hamid Gul was Director-General of the ISI during what period?
(a) 1978-1987.
(b) 1990-1992.
(c) 1987-1989.
(d) 1983-1987.

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

9. What casualties resulted when Kasi fired upon employees as they entered the CIA headquarters on 23 January 1993?
(a) 2 killed, 3 wounded.
(b) 3 killed, 5 wounded.
(c) 5 killed, 3 wounded.
(d) 1 killed, 4 wounded.

10. The new National Security Decision Directive in 1985 made it harder to keep CIA involvement secret and there was concern the Soviets would retaliate against what nations?
(a) Pakistan, U.S.
(b) Afghanistan, Pakistan.
(c) Saudi Arabia, U.S.
(d) Afghanistan, U.S.

11. Mir Amal Kasi was from a wealthy Pakistani family near Quetta who worked as a what?
(a) Interpreter.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Courier.
(d) Singer.

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

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

14. Schroen said the U.S., which left Afghanistan when the Soviet Union dissolved, would return for what reason?
(a) Political unrest.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Religious conflict.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Islamic opposition revolt against the established communist Russian government in Herat, Afghanistan?

2. What transpired in November 1989 that meant Afghan President Najibullah was no longer part of a world Communist movement?

3. How was President Zia killed?

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

5. Most embassy personnel in Islamabad awaited military dictator Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq's help, but he was doing what?

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