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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 the end of Obama's second term in office, how many Afghan soldiers did U.S. officials determine did not exist and removed their position from the army payroll?

2. During General Nicholson's November 2017 news briefings, what percent of Afghanistan's population did he say lived in districts controlled by the government?

3. In Chapter 17, how many U.S. Army soldiers were murdered when men who had enlisted in the Afghan National Police ambushed them from the rear at close range?

4. In Chapter 21, how long had five of the Taliban negotiators been locked up at Guantanamo Bay?

5. When was a ceremony held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark President Obama's promise to end the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did James Dobbins believe was the key benchmark that revealed the success of the war efforts in Afghanistan?

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

4. After bin Laden was killed, what did Panetta tell reporters about how his death affected the war on terror?

5. Why was it difficult to hold opium drug lords accountable?

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

7. What was Operation Iron Tempest, and why was it not successful?

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

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

10. What problems were there with the plan to rebuild the aging hydroelectric power station at the Kajaki Dam?

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

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 3

There were major cultural differences between the U.S. and Afghanistan. What were those differences, and how did they create challenges in communication and trust-building?

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