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

2. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2003.

3. By the end of Obama's second term in office, how many Afghan soldiers did U.S. officials determine did not exist and removed their position from the army payroll?
(a) 35,000.
(b) About 40,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) At least 30,000.

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?
(a) 31%.
(b) Not quite 20%.
(c) About 18%.
(d) 23%.

5. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Karzai further his education after high school?

2. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?

3. How many assailants were responsible for the killings in Zabul in 2012?

4. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?

5. What percent of Afghan police recruits did a Norwegian official estimate deserted with their government-issued weapons so they could establish checkpoints and rob people?

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