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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In August 2008, how many were killed in Azizabad, mostly children?
(a) 68.
(b) Between 100 and 110.
(c) Between 78 and 92.
(d) 84.

2. In 2006, how long did Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey believe it would take the Afghan security forces to be able to operate without U.S. help?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 17 years.

3. When did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Obama's troop surge and war strategy did little to deter the insurgency?
(a) April 2012.
(b) January 2012.
(c) March 2012.
(d) February 2012.

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

5. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?

2. When did Afghan witnesses report that U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed a wedding party near a remote village in Nangahar province?

3. In 2001, how many Afghans had fled the country as refugees?

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

5. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?

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