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
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. J. Edgar Hoover claimed that one out of how many people in America were communists?
(a) 2,014.
(b) 1,025.
(c) 995.
(d) 1,814.

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

3. What was Sayyid Qutb's mother's name?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Zuwaila.
(c) Ajwa.
(d) Aabroo.

4. When did Ayman al-Zawahiri's father die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1995.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?

3. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?

4. When did Sayyid Qutb travel to New York from Egypt on a cruise ship to study?

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

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