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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. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?
(a) 85% on Iraq and 15% on Afghanistan.
(b) 80% on Iraq and 20% on Afghanistan.
(c) 75% on Iraq and 25% on Afghanistan.
(d) 70% on Iraq and 30% on Afghanistan.

2. In Chapter 14, how many provinces did Afghanistan have?
(a) 29.
(b) 38.
(c) 25.
(d) 34.

3. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2002.

4. In 2007, how much of the world's supply of opium was generated from Afghanistan?
(a) 90%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 43%.
(d) 68%.

5. How long at then-Capt. Gregory Trahan been at Firebase Shkiin when there was a report of a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black who crossed the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
(a) 8 week.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

4. When did U.S. military commanders belatedly begin a campaign to root out corruption and clean up the Afghan government?

5. In 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?

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