The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lawrence Wright
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Osama bin Laden's agricultural company in Sudan called?
(a) Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
(b) Abu Hajer al-Iraqi.
(c) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.
(d) Al-Thimar al-Mubaraka.

2. About how many armed Afrghan militias were there in the mid-1980s?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 150.
(d) 170.

3. What is the name of the CIA station in Tysons Corner, Virginia?
(a) Alec Station.
(b) Kyle Station.
(c) Bentley Station.
(d) Broadway Station.

4. What was the name of Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri's wife?
(a) Zuwaila.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Umayma.
(d) Ajwa.

5. In what lengthy diatribe did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri attack the Muslim Brotherhood for collaborating with infidel regimes?
(a) Bitter Harvest.
(b) Western Enemies.
(c) Al-Jihad.
(d) Blue Winter.

6. When did the Six Day War take place?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1967.

7. Who was the vice president of Egypt that offered Ayman al-Zawahiri and his brother Mohammed a ride home from the mosque?
(a) Michel Chalhub.
(b) Whittaker Chambers.
(c) Kenneth Karas.
(d) Hussein al-Shaffei.

8. How much older is Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri than Osama bin Laden?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Five years older.
(c) Ten years older.
(d) Seven years older.

9. Where did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri establish his medical practice in Peshawar?
(a) Al-Awar Hospital.
(b) Red Crescent Hospital.
(c) Blue Cross Hospital.
(d) Cairo Medical Hospital.

10. When did Ramzi Yousef detonate a truck bomb in the parking lot of the World Trade Center?
(a) February, 1993.
(b) September, 1995.
(c) June, 1994.
(d) June, 2001.

11. Where did Prince Turki pay a visit one month after the Soviet invasion?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Somalia.

12. Where did Azza (Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's wife) set up housekeeping in Pakistan?
(a) Mir Tayab Garhi.
(b) Hayatabad.
(c) Pajagi.
(d) Darmangi.

13. When did Sayyid Qutb's father die?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1933.

14. Whom did Prince Turki marry?
(a) Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz
(b) Princess Al Bandari bint Abdulaziz al-Saud.
(c) Princess Nour bint Fahd al-Saud.
(d) Princess Iffat Al-Thunayan.

15. What is Wadi El Aqiq named after?
(a) A city.
(b) A person.
(c) A river.
(d) A sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the rule of Islamic clerics formally end following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?

2. What is the name of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's only son?

3. What is the name of the quiet middle-class suburb where Ayman al-Zawahiri grew up?

4. How much money did Jamal al-Fadl supposedly steal from bin Laden when he ran away from his employ?

5. What was Mohammed Atef's jihadi name?

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