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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over 20 years, how much would Washington spend on security assistance to the Afghan government?
(a) About $90 billion.
(b) $75 billion.
(c) More than $85 billion.
(d) $90 billion.

2. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 16 months.
(c) 14 months.
(d) 18 months.

3. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2003.

4. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?
(a) July 2004.
(b) August 2004.
(c) September 2004.
(d) June 2004.

5. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?
(a) 1 days.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

2. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?

3. When did British Gen. David Richards lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan?

4. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?

5. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?

2. Why did Maj. Christian Anderson complain about the training he received for his task of advising an Afghan border police unit?

3. How was Afghanistan different from when Ronald Neumann, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, visited there in 1967 and then returned in 2006?

4. What did an Afghan general said about the three different types of Taliban in Chapter 8?

5. What was one reason why the Afghan war dragged on so?

6. How did American struggle to determine whose side Pakistan was on?

7. What struggles did Lt. Gen. David Barno have when he was sent to Afghanistan 2003?

8. Why did Army Maj. William Burley grow a beard when he went to Afghanistan?

9. How was the U.S. backed by NATO and others when it declared war against al-Qaeda?

10. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?

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