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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the rule of Islamic clerics formally end following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1924.

2. When did Mohammed al-Ahmadi al-Zawahiri become the rector of al-Azhar?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1932.

3. Who was the Time magazine senior editor that was being questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee when Sayyid Qutb arrived in the U.S.?
(a) Patrick Fitzgerald.
(b) Alfred Kinsey.
(c) Kenneth Karas.
(d) Whittaker Chambers.

4. Who headed the emigre party Ittihad-e-Islami in 1988?
(a) Kenneth Karas.
(b) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(c) Sheikh Kamal Adham.
(d) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.

5. When was Mahfouz Azzam arrested following the assassination of Prime Minister Ahmed Mahir?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ayman al-Zawahiri's father die?

2. What prep school did Prince Turki attend?

3. Where did Jamal al-Fadl claim to have worked for bin Laden?

4. How many members were there in al-Qaeda when Coleman began investigating the group in 1996?

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

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