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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. When did Ramzi Yousef detonate a truck bomb in the parking lot of the World Trade Center?

2. What name was Abu Ubaydah al-Banshiri born with?

3. When did Prince Turki begin attending prep school in New Jersey?

4. When was Sayyid Qutb Mahfouz Azzam's Arabic teacher?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is sharia law?

2. What let to the Grand Mosque seizure? When did this occur?

3. What led to Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 1981?

4. What was Takfir wa Hijira?

5. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where was he born and when did he form al-Qaeda?

6. Why did Osama bin Laden consider the United States to be a threat?

7. When did the World Trade Center bombing occur and what was its impact?

8. How does the author describe Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri and his wife in Chapter 2?

9. Why did the members of the Muslim Brotherhood dislike Ayman al-Zawahiri at the Red Crescent hospital?

10. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Taliban? When was it established? Who established it? What power does the Taliban hold? What is the current status of the Taliban today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the childhood, family, education, and career of Ayman al-Zawahiri. When and where was Ayman al-Zawahiri educated? What did he study? How did his family and education influence his thoughts as a terrorist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Afghan Civil War. What were the different mujahideen armies that fought in this war? Who had the most support? Who won the war? How did this impact the country?

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