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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. 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) 1/3.
(d) 1/2.

2. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?
(a) October 10.
(b) October 17.
(c) October 15.
(d) October 19.

3. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?
(a) September 2004.
(b) June 2004.
(c) August 2004.
(d) July 2004.

4. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 64.
(d) 75.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 2001, how many Afghans had fled the country as refugees?

3. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?

4. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?

5. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Afghanistan different from when Ronald Neumann, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, visited there in 1967 and then returned in 2006?

3. What did Whitlock say in the Foreword was the aim of The Afghanistan Papers?

4. What signs were there that Operation River Dance accomplished little?

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

6. What was Operation River Dance?

7. What were Rumsfeld's snowflakes?

8. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?

9. What were Richard Boucher's thoughts about dealing with warlords?

10. How did Roger Pardo-Maurer describe Kandahar?

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