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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: Stalmate, 2017-2021.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before becoming defense secretary, how long did James Mattis serve in the Marines?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 41 years.
(c) 37 years.
(d) 44 years.

2. Where was Obama when a ceremony was held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark his promise to end the war?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Hawaii.

3. In 2008, how far from Bagram did Black Hawk helicopters carrying Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel have to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 17 miles.
(c) 12 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

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

5. In Chapter 20, how many people were estimated to live in Helmand?
(a) 900,000 to 2 million.
(b) 1 million to 2 million.
(c) 500,000 to 1 million.
(d) 750,000 to 3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?

2. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?

3. Where was Karzai living on 9/11?

4. Where did ta Taliban delegation and the American meet for two weeks in February and March 2019?

5. 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?

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