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

2. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?
(a) December 2001.
(b) December 2002.
(c) December 2003.
(d) December 2004.

3. In 2009, how many more troops did Obama agree to send to Afghanistan?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 21,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 34,000.

4. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) Germans.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Italians.

5. In 2008 with the addition of 3,000 troops, how large was the U.S. force in Afghanistan?
(a) 31,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 36,000.
(d) 28,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?

2. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?

3. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?

4. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?

5. When did Bush appoint Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, as war czar to coordinate strategy and policy for Iraq and Afghanistan?

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