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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 2008, how many soldiers and police did the Bush adminstration determine to field in Afghan?
(a) 100,000 soldiers and 50,000 police.
(b) 134,000 soldiers and 82,000 police.
(c) 150,000 soldiers and 90,000 police.
(d) 125,000 soldiers and 70,000 police.

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

3. When did Director of National Intelligence James Clapper serve as an analyst briefer for General William Westmoreland in Vietnam?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1967.

4. In 2009, how many illegal votes did Karzai receive?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) 750,000.

5. When did Sen. Susan Collins ask Michele Flournoy at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing how the Obama administration would know if the troop surge was successful?
(a) May 2009.
(b) April 2009.
(c) June 2009.
(d) March 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2005, how many members of parliament were chosen in Afghanistan held elections?

2. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?

3. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?

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

5. How often did Ryan Crocker eat breakfast with Karzai in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why did Karzai steal the 2009 election?

2. How did insider assaults increase in 2012?

3. What opportunities had the U.S. missed to talk peace with the Taliban?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 16, why was Obama's war strategy failing?

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