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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 Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1999.

2. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 2,225.
(d) 3,400.

3. How long after the invasion of Iraq did Bush take a Navy warplane to an aircraft carrier?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

4. In Chapter 17, about how many personnel did the Afghan Local Police have?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 35,000.

5. When did Director of National Intelligence James Clapper serve as an analyst briefer for General William Westmoreland in Vietnam?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hoiw far behind the times were Afghan farmers?

2. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?

3. When did bin Laden and al-Qaeda declare war aginst the U.S.?

4. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

5. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?

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