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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/2.

2. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) More than 1,000.
(d) About 1,200.

3. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

4. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 275,000.
(d) 250,000.

5. How far was the Kajaki Dam from Kandahar?
(a) 95 miles.
(b) Not quite 90 miles.
(c) About 100 miles.
(d) 75 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. After December 2001, how long did it take before the U.S. could pinpoint bin Laden's location again?

2. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?

3. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?

4. How long after the invasion of Iraq did Bush take a Navy warplane to an aircraft carrier?

5. In 2014, what was the sum of improper loans from Kabul Bank that had still not been repaid?

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