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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how much money did money launderers lug in suitcases on flights leaving Kabul?
(a) Over $2 million.
(b) 750,000.
(c) $1 million or more.
(d) $1.5 million.

2. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $11 million.
(d) $15 million.

3. In 2014, what was the sum of improper loans from Kabul Bank that had still not been repaid?
(a) $581 million.
(b) $714 million.
(c) $493 million.
(d) $633 million.

4. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) August.

5. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?
(a) 5 years.
(b) About 10 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) Almost 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?

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

3. When did Germany agree to over see Afghan police training?

4. When Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant, helped to analyze 3,000 Defense Department Contracts to see who was benefiting, what percent of the money went to the Taliban and other insurgent groups?

5. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?

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