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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. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?
2. When did Maj. Christopher Plummer, an infantry officer, arrive in Kabul to coordinate training and fielding for the Afghan army?
3. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?
4. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?
5. When did Lt. Col. Richard Phillips run a combat support hospital in eastern Afghanistan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did ISI leader Lt. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani say when Ryan Crocker asked him to crack down against Taliban leaders believed to be seeking refuge in Pakistan?
2. What signs were there that Operation River Dance accomplished little?
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 Whitlock say in the Foreword was the aim of The Afghanistan Papers?
5. Why was Afghanistan in need of nation-building in 2001?
6. What happened on February 27, 2007, at Bagram Air Base?
7. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?
8. How did American struggle to determine whose side Pakistan was on?
9. What did Rumsfeld tell reporters about spreading lies as the U.S. preared for war in Afghanistan?
10. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The U.S. attempted a number of nation-building efforts in Afghanistan. Why were these efforts mostly unsuccessful?
Essay Topic 2
The U.S. was tasked with the creation of the Afghan army. Why was training so difficult and unsuccessful?
Essay Topic 3
There were major cultural differences between the U.S. and Afghanistan. What were those differences, and how did they create challenges in communication and trust-building?
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