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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 the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?
(a) October 15.
(b) October 19.
(c) October 17.
(d) October 10.

2. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?
(a) USS George Washington.
(b) USS Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) USS Abraham Lincoln.
(d) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

3. In the 2001 Bonn Agreement, was the Afghan traditional assembly of elders and leaders supposed to write a constitution?
(a) Within 3 years.
(b) Within 2 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

4. How many people were killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines flight 77 hit the building?
(a) 174.
(b) 211.
(c) 189.
(d) 229.

5. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 to 8 months.
(c) 6 to 12 months.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?

2. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

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

4. After December 2001, how long did it take before the U.S. could pinpoint bin Laden's location again?

5. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?

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