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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreword-Part 1: A False Taste of Victory, 2001-2002.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?
(a) 920,000.
(b) 775,000.
(c) 680,000.
(d) 825,000.

3. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?
(a) September 28, 2001.
(b) September 19, 2001.
(c) September 14, 2001.
(d) September 21, 2001.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?

2. How many people were killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines flight 77 hit the building?

3. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

4. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?

5. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?

(see the answer key)

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