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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By September 1994, which two nations stopped funding activities in Afghanistan?

2. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?

3. Many of the reports from Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia were treated how in Washington?

4. What action did Massoud take when the Soviets planned to attack the Panjshir Valley?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chapter 1 open for William Putscher?

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

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

4. What weapons systems did the CIA Afghan program provide in late 1985?

5. How did Robert Gates view Bill Clinton when he flew to meet the president-elect?

6. What joke quickly circulated about James Woolsey, the CIA director, being unable to get an appointment with Clinton?

7. What were some of the elements of Michael Pillsbury's goal in Afghanistan?

8. Why did Schroen roll the jeep into the lake at the end of Chapter 1?

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

10. How was Yuri Andropov introduced in Ghost Wars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Hamburg cell evolve?

Essay Topic 2

What was the cable draft that Timothy Carney found when he arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, in November 1996 that appalled him? What was ensured? What was the final outcome of that matter?

Essay Topic 3

What was the title of Chapter 17, "Dangling the Carrot," in reference to? Why did Unocal's Marty Miller get out of his truck when it crossed into Pakistan at the conclusion of the chapter, kiss the ground, then do a little jig?

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