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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Great Distraction, 2003-2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 12 weeks.

2. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?
(a) Winter 2005.
(b) Spring 2005.
(c) Summer 2005.
(d) Fall 2005.

3. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1979.

4. When did the U.S. military begin making plans to take Baghdad?
(a) November 2001.
(b) December 2001.
(c) January 2002.
(d) February 2002.

5. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Kyrgyzstan.
(c) Turkmenistan.
(d) Azerbaijan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

2. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

3. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?

4. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?

5. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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