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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?
(a) Football.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Rowing.

2. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?
(a) 58.
(b) 47.
(c) 39.
(d) 23.

3. How long after the invasion of Iraq did Bush take a Navy warplane to an aircraft carrier?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 7 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

4. When did Fahim Khan die of natural causes?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2015.

5. In 2008, how far from Bagram did Black Hawk helicopters carrying Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel have to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 8 miles.
(d) 17 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?

2. After December 2001, how long did it take before the U.S. could pinpoint bin Laden's location again?

3. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?

4. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?

5. How long were the circuits McChrystal would run while listening to audio books?

(see the answer key)

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