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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. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?
(a) $466 million.
(b) $605 million.
(c) $388 million.
(d) $520 million.

2. When did Afghan witnesses report that U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed a wedding party near a remote village in Nangahar province?
(a) July 11, 2008.
(b) June 22, 2008.
(c) July 6, 2008.
(d) June 4, 2008.

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

4. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?
(a) $650.
(b) $500.
(c) $450.
(d) $700.

5. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?
(a) 65.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?

2. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?

3. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?

4. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?

5. In 2001, of the Taliban captives who suffocated in shipping containers, where were they buried?

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