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

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Azza (Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's wife) set up housekeeping in Pakistan?
(a) Mir Tayab Garhi.
(b) Hayatabad.
(c) Darmangi.
(d) Pajagi.

2. Where did Hasan al-Turabi earn his master's degree in law?
(a) The London School of Economics.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University School of Business.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

3. When did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1982.

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

5. When did Sayyid Qutb travel to New York from Egypt on a cruise ship to study?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

6. Who wrote the scholarly report Sexual Behavior in the Human Male?
(a) Patrick Fitzgerald.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) Alfred Kinsey.
(d) Kenneth Karas.

7. What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. when Sayyid Qutb came to be a student?
(a) Over 12%.
(b) Less than 2%.
(c) Less than 4%.
(d) Over 15%.

8. Who was the founder of Union Colony in present-day Greeley, Colorado?
(a) Alfred Kinsey.
(b) Nathan Meeker.
(c) Kenneth Karas.
(d) Hussein al-Shaffei.

9. Who was the national security advisor for the Carter administration?
(a) Zbigniew Brzezinski.
(b) Yazid Sufaat.
(c) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(d) Sheikh Kamal Adham.

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

11. How old was Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S. to study?
(a) 32.
(b) 42.
(c) 52.
(d) 38.

12. How old was Osama bin Laden in 1992?
(a) 50.
(b) 22.
(c) 39.
(d) 34.

13. How many people were killed as a result of the truck bomb detonated by Ramzi Yousef?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

14. What is the name of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's first child?
(a) Aabroo.
(b) Ajwa.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Umaya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Prince Turki begin attending prep school in New Jersey?

2. Where did Hasan al-Turabi earn his doctorate in law?

3. 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.?

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

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

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