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

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

Lawrence Wright
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did J. Edgar Hoover die?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1972.

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

3. Who is the Egyptian filmmaker that arrived at the Lion's Den in February of 1988?
(a) Essam Deraz.
(b) Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif.
(c) Sheikh Abdullah Azzam.
(d) Hussein al-Shaffei.

4. What does the word "fitna" translate to in English (130)?
(a) Humility.
(b) Faith.
(c) Discord.
(d) Love.

5. How old was Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri when Sayyid Qutb was executed?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed as a result of the truck bomb detonated by Ramzi Yousef?

2. Who was Mohammed Sharraf's son that was sodomized and blackmailed by Egyptian intelligence?

3. What is Dr. Fadl's real name?

4. What political Islamist party was expected to win in Algeria in 1992?

5. When was Sayyid Qutb Mahfouz Azzam's Arabic teacher?

(see the answer key)

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