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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. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?
(a) Rowing.
(b) Football.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Wrestling.

2. When did the U.S. military begin making plans to take Baghdad?
(a) December 2001.
(b) November 2001.
(c) January 2002.
(d) February 2002.

3. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?
(a) December 8.
(b) November 2.
(c) October 21.
(d) September 13.

4. How many people were killed in New York city, northern Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
(a) 2,977.
(b) 2,849.
(c) 3,017.
(d) 3,138.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over 20 years, how much would Washington spend on security assistance to the Afghan government?

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

3. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?

4. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?

5. When did Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat and new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan write an op-ed in The Washington Post praising the Afghans for holding a traditional assembly to draft a new constitution?

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