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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. Where did Trump give his televised speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
(a) Fort Myer.
(b) Fort Benning.
(c) Fort Hood.
(d) Fort Bragg.

2. During General Nicholson's November 2017 news briefings, what percent of Afghanistan's population did he say lived in districts controlled by the government?
(a) 12.
(b) 64.
(c) 58.
(d) 24.

3. By the time Obama left the White House in January 2017, how many troops remained in Afghanistan?
(a) About 8,400.
(b) About 19,000.
(c) 9,600.
(d) 11,400.

4. When did President Joe Biden promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan?
(a) December 31, 2021.
(b) January 1, 2021.
(c) June 1, 2021.
(d) September 11, 2021.

5. When were a team of Navy SEALs sent on a secret mission to raid a compound in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was rumored to be hiding?
(a) May 11, 2011.
(b) May 29, 2011.
(c) May 18, 2011.
(d) May 1, 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. By 2009, how long had Gates been defense secretary?

3. When was Panetta in Afghanistan for a visit when an Afghan assailant drove a stolen truck onto the tarmac and tried to run over a U.S. Marine general and others in Panetta's welcoming party?

4. What percent of Afghan police recruits did a Norwegian official estimate deserted with their government-issued weapons so they could establish checkpoints and rob people?

5. When was a high-level national security meeting held at Camp David in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a senior U.S. official who served as a civilian in Afghanistan say about Obama's surge strategy being a mistake?

2. How did the plans for Afghanistan become more secret under Trump?

3. What did President Joe Biden say when he annnounced his decision regarding Afghanistan?

4. What report on the war did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess provide in February 2012 to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

5. How did the owner of a construction firm profit from sabotage?

6. In Chapter 19, why did Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster favor sending additional soldiers back to Afghanistan?

7. What secret mission was Leon Panetta praying would work on May 1, 2011, and what was the outcome of the mission?

8. What information did Sherkhan Farnood provide U.S. officials about the Kabul Bank?

9. What corruption erupted after Karzai was reelected, and in what way was the U.S. partially responsible?

10. Why was Gen. David McKiernan fired in 2009?

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