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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $11 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $15 million.

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

4. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?
(a) 52.
(b) 50.
(c) 47.
(d) 49.

5. In 2006, how long did Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey believe it would take the Afghan security forces to be able to operate without U.S. help?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 17 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 2014, what was the sum of improper loans from Kabul Bank that had still not been repaid?

3. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

4. According to Army Gen. John Campbell, how much did the life expectancy for the average Afghan increase since the beginning of the war?

5. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?

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