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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Great Distraction, 2003-2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Maj. Christopher Plummer, an infantry officer, arrive in Kabul to coordinate training and fielding for the Afghan army?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

2. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

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

4. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?
(a) June 2004.
(b) August 2004.
(c) September 2004.
(d) July 2004.

5. When did bin Laden and al-Qaeda declare war aginst the U.S.?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?

2. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?

3. Between 2001 and 2020, how much money did the U.S. allocated for reconstruction, aid programs, and Afghan security forces?

4. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?

5. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?

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