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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. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?

2. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

3. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?

4. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?

5. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Rumsfeld tell reporters about spreading lies as the U.S. preared for war in Afghanistan?

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

5. What was Operation River Dance?

6. How did some U.S. officials say that the Bush administration looked away from Afghanistan?

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

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

9. At the end of Chapter 4, what was a high point of the Afghanistan war?

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

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

Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and has served as a foreign correspondent, Pentagon reporter, and national security specialist. Why did Whitlock write The Afghanistan Papers?

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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