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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 Director of National Intelligence James Clapper serve as an analyst briefer for General William Westmoreland in Vietnam?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1967.

2. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?
(a) About 15.
(b) Not quite 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

3. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?
(a) 41 percent.
(b) 39 percent.
(c) 68 percent.
(d) 53 percent.

4. What did the U.S. unemployment rate peak at in the fall of 2009?
(a) 12%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 10%.

5. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?
(a) November 5, 2006.
(b) November 19, 2006.
(c) November 30, 2006.
(d) November 8, 2006.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American were badly wounded during a fight that began after a report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black had crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

2. When did Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spend a pleasant summer in Afghanistan?

3. In 2009, how many illegal votes did Karzai receive?

4. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?

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

(see the answer key)

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