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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. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

2. What was annual reconstruction aid to Afghanistan in 2010?
(a) $17 billion.
(b) $9 billion.
(c) $14 billion.
(d) $6 billion.

3. In 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $70,000.
(c) $55, 000.
(d) $35,000.

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

5. According to Pentagon statistics in Chapter 7, how many times had more than 28,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan?
(a) 5 or more.
(b) 7.
(c) At least 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American were badly wounded during a fight that began after a report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black had crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

2. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

3. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?

4. When Trump made his speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, how long had the war been in progress?

5. In April 2017, how large in pounds was the bomb dropped by the Air Force?

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