Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden,… Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Steve Coll
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden,… Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Steve Coll
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

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. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?

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

4. Massoud was a top target for the Soviets because his group used and repaired captured weapons and equipment against which nationality?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Yuri Andropov introduced in Ghost Wars?

2. How did Haq's relationship with the CIA begin?

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

4. How did Ahmed Badeeb sneak through Pakistani customs with over $1.8 million in U.S. cash?

5. How did the Prologue to Ghost Wars open?

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

7. How was it, as related in Chapter 9, that the Pakistani ISI allied with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a means of isolating and defeating rival commanders about Kabul?

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

9. How did Chapter 1 open for William Putscher?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reasonably should have been expected to have been done differently regarding American policy to al-Qaeda during the months that led up to 11 September 2001?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What was the new crop of terrorists that American intelligence recognized had emerged by mid-1995?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,094 words
(approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden,… from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.