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

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Final 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. What does "GIA" refer to in the text?
(a) Group Islamic Alliance.
(b) Governmental Islamic Alliance.
(c) Governmental Islamic Atlas.
(d) Groupe Islamique Arme.

2. Where was Wadih el-Hage born?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Israel.
(d) Afghanistan.

3. What organization did Hosni Mubarak travel to Addis Ababa to meet with on June 26, 1995?
(a) The Committee for African Development.
(b) The Organization of African Unity.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) Al-Jihad.

4. How many men did Osama bin Laden claim to have sent to Somalia to fight against U.S. troops?
(a) 150.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 25.

5. Where were John and Mike Anticev from?
(a) Charlottesville.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Little Rock.

6. Where was Jamal al-Fadl from?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Somalia.

7. Who was Mohammed Sharraf's son that was sodomized and blackmailed by Egyptian intelligence?
(a) Ajwa.
(b) Essam.
(c) Mus'ab.
(d) Ahmed.

8. How many days did raw recruits of al-Qaeda spend in boot camp?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 10.

9. What building in Los Angeles was discussed as a potential American target for al-Qaeda?
(a) The Library Tower.
(b) The Sears Tower.
(c) The Empire Tower.
(d) The Hollywood Tower.

10. How old was Hosni Mubarak in 1995?
(a) 49.
(b) 67.
(c) 74.
(d) 62.

11. Where were the Khobar Towers located in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Dhahran.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Medina.

12. Who was the U.S. Attorney General that John O'Neill spoke with regarding the potential capture of bin Laden?
(a) Kenneth Karas.
(b) Janet Reno.
(c) Whittaker Chambers.
(d) Alfred Kinsey.

13. Who was the only FBI agent in New York that spoke Arabic in 1998?
(a) Ali Soufan.
(b) Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
(c) Essam Deraz.
(d) Mohammed al-Zawahiri.

14. When did Mohammed Atta arrive in Hamburg?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1975.

15. From what countries did the Afghani Taliban receive material support (money and arms)?
(a) Afghanistan and Sudan.
(b) Sudan and Somalia.
(c) Somalia and Pakistan.
(d) Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the reporter for the News in Islamabad that asked Osama bin Laden about his family at a press conference in 1998?

2. Who had created the al-Jihad cell in Tirana, Albania that the CIA moved against in 1998?

3. What did the uranium that Osama bin Laden bought from Jamal al-Fadl turn out to be?

4. Who wrote the autobiography titled Revolt?

5. Who had just been appointed chief of the FBI's counterterrorism section in February of 1995?

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