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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. miss its first chance to talk peace wit the Taliban?

2. When did Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?

3. How many assailants were responsible for the killings in Zabul in 2012?

4. In Chapter 19, within three months after Trump agreed to keep the troop increase in Afghanistan open-ended, how many additional troops were sent?

5. In Chapter 13, when did Obama give a speech about Afghanistan that he realized would be one of the most important of his presidency?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did President Joe Biden say when he annnounced his decision regarding Afghanistan?

2. What report on the war did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess provide in February 2012 to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

3. What went wrong with an airstrike on July 6, 2008?

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

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

6. What did Obama have to say about Afghanistan on December 1, 2009?

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

8. What problems were there with the quality of the Afghan recruits?

9. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

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

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

Afghan security forces began to carry out fratricidal attacks. What were some examples of these insider attacks? How were the insider attacks a betrayal? What problems did that betrayal cause?

Essay Topic 3

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

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