The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Lawrence Wright
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horses does the author claim are in Sudan in Chapter 8?
(a) One million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Four million.
(d) Two million.

2. How many wives did Osama bin Laden have in 1992?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

3. What is Dr. Fadl's real name?
(a) Kenneth Karas.
(b) Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif.
(c) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.
(d) Sheikh Abdullah Azzam.

4. When did the Six Day War take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1965.

5. What was Mohammed Atef's jihadi name?
(a) Sheikh Abdullah Azzam.
(b) Abu Hafs.
(c) Essam Deraz.
(d) Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif.

6. When did Prince Turki begin attending prep school in New Jersey?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1951.

7. What name was Abu Ubaydah al-Banshiri born with?
(a) Sheikh Abdullah Azzam.
(b) Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif.
(c) Essam Deraz.
(d) Amin Ali al-Rashidi.

8. 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) $200,000.
(d) $100,000.

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

10. What was the name of Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri's wife?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Ajwa.
(c) Zuwaila.
(d) Umayma.

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

12. When was the State of Israel declared?
(a) June 12, 1950.
(b) July 12, 1944.
(c) September 14, 1946.
(d) May 14, 1948.

13. How did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Execution.

14. Jamal al-Fadl told Dan Coleman and U.S. attorneys that al-Qaeda had been responsible for a bombing in Yemen in what year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1992.

15. What position was Prince Saud given by his father for the kingdom?
(a) Minister of Agriculture.
(b) Spymaster.
(c) Foreign Minister.
(d) Finance Minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Osama bin Laden have in 1992?

2. By what other name is Mamdouh Salim known?

3. Where did Azza (Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's wife) set up housekeeping in Pakistan?

4. How old was Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S. to study?

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

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