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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did an Afghan driver fatally shoot two Spanish police officers who had worked closely with him for six months?
(a) July 2010.
(b) September 2010.
(c) June 2010.
(d) August 2010.

2. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. How many American were badly wounded during a fight that began after a report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black had crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. After a long siege, when did insurgent forces seize Kunduz, Afghanistan's sixth biggest city?
(a) October 2015.
(b) August 2015.
(c) September 2015.
(d) July 2015.

5. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?
(a) 55.
(b) 42.
(c) 39.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?

2. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

3. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?

4. In 2005, where did Maj. Daniel Lovett have pre-deployment training?

5. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?

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