1. Where did Ayman al-Zawahiri likely meet Osama bin Laden for the first time, according to the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Medina.
(c) Jeddeh.
(d) Riyadh.

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

3. 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) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(c) Kenneth Karas.
(d) Whittaker Chambers.

4. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?
(a) October, 1973.
(b) May, 1971.
(c) September, 1977.
(d) June, 1976.

5. Who murdered King Faisal?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.?

2. Jamal al-Fadl told Dan Coleman and U.S. attorneys that al-Qaeda had been responsible for a bombing in Yemen in what year?

3. What position was Prince Saud given by his father for the kingdom?

4. When did Dan Coleman join the FBI as a file clerk?

5. When was the State of Israel declared?

(see the answer key)

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