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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?

2. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?

3. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?

4. When did Fahim Khan die of natural causes?

5. In 2005, where did Maj. Daniel Lovett have pre-deployment training?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the American save Dostum's life?

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

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

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

5. How did American struggle to determine whose side Pakistan was on?

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

7. What were Rumsfeld's snowflakes?

8. How did Roger Pardo-Maurer describe Kandahar?

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

10. How was the U.S. backed by NATO and others when it declared war against al-Qaeda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does Whitlock use idioms in The Afghanistan Papers? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

False narratives were created about the Afghan war. Were these narratives outright lies or a prevarication?

Essay Topic 3

Whitlock used a variety of sources to write his book. Why was it important for Whitlock to reveal the sources he used when writing the book? How does knowing the sources he used impact what readers think about the veracity of his account?

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