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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Wilson Teachers College.
(c) Samuel Smith College.
(d) George Washington College.

2. 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) Whittaker Chambers.
(b) Patrick Fitzgerald.
(c) Alfred Kinsey.
(d) Kenneth Karas.

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

4. Who is described as the leader of the coup d'etat against the democratic government of Sudan in June of 1989?
(a) Sheikh Kamal Adham.
(b) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.
(c) Abu Hajer al-Iraqi.
(d) Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramzi Yousef flee to after detonating a truck bomb at the World Trade Center?

2. Who was the vice president of Egypt that offered Ayman al-Zawahiri and his brother Mohammed a ride home from the mosque?

3. In what lengthy diatribe did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri attack the Muslim Brotherhood for collaborating with infidel regimes?

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

5. What position did King Faisal give to Prince Turki as his sons helped him consolidate his power?

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