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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. When did Trump deliver a speech to announce his strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
(a) August 3, 2017.
(b) August 21, 2017.
(c) August 17, 2017.
(d) August 29, 2017.

2. When Trump made his speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, how long had the war been in progress?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. Where did Trump give his televised speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
(a) Fort Hood.
(b) Fort Benning.
(c) Fort Myer.
(d) Fort Bragg.

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

5. In a 2014 Washington Post-ABC News poll, how many American believed the war had been wroth fighting?
(a) 21%.
(b) 42%.
(c) 38%.
(d) 17%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?

3. How many MOABs were dropped during Trump's term in office?

4. In Agusut 2015 when Taliban fighters attacked a Special Operations forces camp in Kabul, how many Afghan guards were killed?

5. How many soldiers were injured in the killings in Zabul in 2012?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Afghan army and police forces look strong on paper?

2. Why were transportation costs high for the supplies the U.S. military needed?

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

4. What were the main points of Trump's speech on August 21, 2017?

5. How did insider assaults increase in 2012?

6. What secret mission was Leon Panetta praying would work on May 1, 2011, and what was the outcome of the mission?

7. How and why did Karzai steal the 2009 election?

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

9. How did the plans for Afghanistan become more secret under Trump?

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

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