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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Taliban Comes Back, 2006-2008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take the U.S. and its allies to topple the Taliban-led government in Kabul?
(a) Less than 6 weeks.
(b) About 8 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 9 weeks.

2. When did Bush appoint Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, as war czar to coordinate strategy and policy for Iraq and Afghanistan?
(a) Summer 2007.
(b) Spring 2007.
(c) Winter 2007.
(d) Fall 2007.

3. How long at then-Capt. Gregory Trahan been at Firebase Shkiin when there was a report of a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black who crossed the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 8 week.

4. When did Lt. Col. Richard Phillips run a combat support hospital in eastern Afghanistan?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2006.

5. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?
(a) Fall 2005.
(b) Winter 2005.
(c) Summer 2005.
(d) Spring 2005.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over 20 years, how much would Washington spend on security assistance to the Afghan government?

3. During the summer of 2006, how many times a week did Bickford and his unit clash with insurgents?

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

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

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