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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. How much did B-52s and F22s cost to operate per hour, not counting the expense of the munitions in Chapter 20?

2. How many years early was Haji Lal Jan Ishaqzai released after he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison for trafficking opium?

3. When did U.S. military commanders belatedly begin a campaign to root out corruption and clean up the Afghan government?

4. Where did Karzai further his education after high school?

5. When did the U.S. miss its first chance to talk peace wit the Taliban?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What public image did Petraeus and McChrystal have?

4. What did the Pentagon brass tell Trump about withdrawing from Afghanistan?

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

6. How did the owner of a construction firm profit from sabotage?

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

8. Why were poppies easier to cultivate than other crops amid all the fighting?

9. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

10. Why was it ironic that the Taliban met in Qatar to discuss peace with the U.S.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Obama promised to end the war. How and why did he and his administration backpedal on that commitment?

Essay Topic 3

There seemed to be a "never-ending game of cat and mouse" along the Pakistan/Afghan border. U.S. forces frequently wondered whose side the Pakistanis were on. Why were there questions regarding who the Pakistanis were supporting and how did they seem to be playing both sides of the conflict?

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