The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Lawrence Wright
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Oman Sharif's birth name?
(a) Kenneth Karas.
(b) Nathan Meeker.
(c) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(d) Michel Chalhub.

3. Who had signed an order for Sayyid Qutb's arrest, leading him to travel to the U.S. as a student?
(a) King Farouk.
(b) King Khalid.
(c) King Fahd.
(d) King Faisal.

4. How much money did Jamal al-Fadl supposedly steal from bin Laden when he ran away from his employ?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $200,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In November of 1996, Dan Coleman traveled to an American military base in Germany with two U.S. attorneys. Who were the attorneys?

2. When was the State of Israel declared?

3. What was Sayyid Qutb's mother's name?

4. When did Dan Coleman first hear of Osama bin Laden?

5. When did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?

(see the answer key)

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