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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 percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?
(a) 72%.
(b) About 85%.
(c) Around 90%.
(d) 68%.

2. In Chapter 15, how many armed guards did a convoy of 300 trucks typically require for basic protection?
(a) 750.
(b) 500.
(c) 450.
(d) 600.

3. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?
(a) 825,000.
(b) 775,000.
(c) 920,000.
(d) 680,000.

4. When did U.S. military commanders belatedly begin a campaign to root out corruption and clean up the Afghan government?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2006.

5. When did British Gen. David Richards lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan?
(a) 2004 to 2005.
(b) 2006 to 2007.
(c) 2005 to 2006.
(d) 2007 to 2008.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 2008 with the addition of 3,000 troops, how large was the U.S. force in Afghanistan?

3. How long after the invasion of Iraq did Bush take a Navy warplane to an aircraft carrier?

4. When did the U.S. Agency for International Development build irrigation canals in the Helmand River valley?

5. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?

(see the answer key)

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