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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 September 2017 by some estimates, how many Afghan soldiers and police were killed daily?
(a) 80.
(b) 65.
(c) 40 to 50.
(d) 30 to 40.

2. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $11 million.
(c) $15 million.
(d) $5 million.

3. In Chapter 15, how much money did money launderers lug in suitcases on flights leaving Kabul?
(a) Over $2 million.
(b) 750,000.
(c) $1 million or more.
(d) $1.5 million.

4. How long were the circuits McChrystal would run while listening to audio books?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 8 miles.
(d) 7 miles.

5. Where did ta Taliban delegation and the American meet for two weeks in February and March 2019?
(a) Qatar.
(b) Bahrain.
(c) Yemen.
(d) Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the U.S. unemployment rate peak at in the fall of 2009?

2. In 2008, how many soldiers and police did the Bush adminstration determine to field in Afghan?

3. What was the total of civilian death in Afghanistan in 2014?

4. In 2009, how many more troops did Obama agree to send to Afghanistan?

5. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

2. What did James Dobbins believe was the key benchmark that revealed the success of the war efforts in Afghanistan?

3. What problems were there with the plan to rebuild the aging hydroelectric power station at the Kajaki Dam?

4. What did Obama have to say about Afghanistan on December 1, 2009?

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

6. Why was it ironic that the Taliban met in Qatar to discuss peace with the U.S.?

7. What was Operation Iron Tempest, and why was it not successful?

8. Why did the Afghan army and police forces look strong on paper?

9. What were the main points of Trump's speech on August 21, 2017?

10. After bin Laden was killed, what did Panetta tell reporters about how his death affected the war on terror?

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