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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Taliban trying to clear Afghanistan of?
(a) Elected officials.
(b) Warlords.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Military dictator.

2. How frequently did Casey visit the Saudis and Pakistanis?
(a) Many times.
(b) Several times.
(c) Only once.
(d) Never.

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

4. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?
(a) Peter Thompson.
(b) Peter Timmons.
(c) Thomas Peterson.
(d) Peter Tomsen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the ISI captured and sold a Russian SU-25 to the CIA?

2. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?

3. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?

4. Bin Laden had already formed the al-Qaeda and moved his family back to Saudi Arabia in what year?

5. Who was the CIA chief selected when the Bill Clinton administration took office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the rebels trained to clear Soviet-laid minefields around Jalalabad?

2. From which stations did the CIA maintain the greatest amount of detailed intelligence collected regarding Middle Eastern radical Islamic movements during the early 1990s?

3. How had the city of Peshawar evolved by late 1986?

4. How was Paul Pillar described when he arrived at the Counterterrorist Center in Chapter 14?

5. What were the major concerns of the U.S. embassy at Kabul in early 1988?

6. What were some of Benazir Bhutto's goals when elected for a second term as Pakistan's prime minister?

7. How was Yuri Andropov introduced in Ghost Wars?

8. In the opening of Chapter 5, what did CIA director William Casey relay to President Ronald Reagan in January 1984?

9. How did the Soviets view the war in Afghanistan initially?

10. How did the 1994 assassination attempt on bin Laden transpire?

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