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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Uruzgan.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Helmand province.

2. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

3. When did Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spend a pleasant summer in Afghanistan?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1966.

4. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 800.
(b) More than 1,000.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) 900.

5. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed in New York city, northern Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

2. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?

3. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?

4. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?

5. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems were there with the U.S. building a security force in Afghanistan?

2. Why did Army Maj. William Burley grow a beard when he went to Afghanistan?

3. How were Special Forces team mobiled to influence the emotions, thinking and behavior of ordinary Afghans and their leaders and how successful were they?

4. What transportation does Bush take when he gives an adddress on May 1, 2003 and where does he give his address?

5. Why was Afghanistan in need of nation-building in 2001?

6. What was one reason why the Afghan war dragged on so?

7. Why was imposing a strong, centralized government in Afghanistan foolish according to American soldiers and Lt. Col. Todd Guggisberg?

8. What did Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute say about strategic thinking in regards to Afghanistan?

9. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?

10. What happened on February 27, 2007, at Bagram Air Base?

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