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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. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
2. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?
3. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?
4. When did Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spend a pleasant summer in Afghanistan?
5. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Roger Pardo-Maurer describe Kandahar?
2. What did ISI leader Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani say when Ryan Crocker asked him to crack down against Taliban leaders believed to be seeking refuge in Pakistan?
3. What did an Afghan general said about the three different types of Taliban in Chapter 8?
4. What was Operation River Dance?
5. What was one reason why the Afghan war dragged on so?
6. What were Rumsfeld's snowflakes?
7. What did Rumsfeld tell reporters about spreading lies as the U.S. preared for war in Afghanistan?
8. How did American struggle to determine whose side Pakistan was on?
9. What transportation does Bush take when he gives an adddress on May 1, 2003 and where does he give his address?
10. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The U.S. had a partnership with Afghan warlords. Why was it thought that the relationship with warlords was a necessary evil?
Essay Topic 2
Whitlock wrote that the Bush administration blurred the line between al-Qaeda and the Taliban. How did the Bush administration blur the differences between al-Qaeda and the Taliban? How did the failure to differentiate between the groups make it difficult to understand who the bad guys were?
Essay Topic 3
Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the setting in The Afghanistan Papers? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?
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