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

2. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?
(a) Tora Bora.
(b) Nangarhar.
(c) Abbottabad.
(d) Khaldan.

3. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) June.

4. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. When did the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?
(a) October 13, 2001.
(b) October 7, 2001.
(c) October 2, 2001.
(d) October 27, 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, when did a CIA Predator drone glimpse a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black and cross the Pakistan border into Afghanistan near Firebase Shikin?

2. When Ryan Crocker came to help reopen the U.S. embassy in Kabul, where was the closet functioning airport?

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

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

5. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?

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