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

2. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

3. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?
(a) 70% on Iraq and 30% on Afghanistan.
(b) 80% on Iraq and 20% on Afghanistan.
(c) 85% on Iraq and 15% on Afghanistan.
(d) 75% on Iraq and 25% on Afghanistan.

4. Over 20 years, how much would Washington spend on security assistance to the Afghan government?
(a) More than $85 billion.
(b) $75 billion.
(c) About $90 billion.
(d) $90 billion.

5. What VIP guest was at Bagram in 2007, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the second checkpoint?
(a) Petraeus.
(b) Rumsfeld.
(c) Vice President Dick Cheney.
(d) President George Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?

2. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?

3. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

4. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?

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

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