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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 the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?

2. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

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

4. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?

5. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?

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

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

4. Why did Maj. Christian Anderson complain about the training he received for his task of advising an Afghan border police unit?

5. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?

6. What transportation does Bush take when he gives an adddress on May 1, 2003 and where does he give his address?

7. What did an Afghan general said about the three different types of Taliban in Chapter 8?

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

9. How were Special Forces team mobiled to influence the emotions, thinking and behavior of ordinary Afghans and their leaders and how successful were they?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The U.S. attempted a number of nation-building efforts in Afghanistan. Why were these efforts mostly unsuccessful?

Essay Topic 3

Books can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a book provide clarity and flow to a narrative? What are section and chapter titles? What are some purposes of section and chapter titles? How does Whitlock use section and chapter titles in The Afghanistan Papers?

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