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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. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) More than 1,000.

2. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 25.
(d) 65.

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

4. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) Italians.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Germans.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?

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

4. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?

5. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

(see the answer key)

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