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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who headed the emigre party Ittihad-e-Islami in 1988?
(a) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(b) Kenneth Karas.
(c) Sheikh Kamal Adham.
(d) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.

2. When did the government of Sudan send Osama bin Laden a letter of invitation?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

3. What is the name of the quiet middle-class suburb where Ayman al-Zawahiri grew up?
(a) Maadi.
(b) New Heliopolis.
(c) El Shorouk.
(d) Obour.

4. Where did Jamal al-Fadl claim to have worked for bin Laden?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) El-Obeid.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Khartoum.

5. What is the name of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's only son?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Kamal.
(c) Hussein.
(d) Abdullah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Jamal al-Fadl supposedly steal from bin Laden when he ran away from his employ?

2. Where did Osama bin Laden open a small downtown office in Khartoum?

3. Who was Prince Turki's uncle that offered him a job in the Foreign Liaison Bureau?

4. What is the name of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's first child?

5. What was Osama bin Laden's agricultural company in Sudan called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the 1973 oil crisis?

2. How is Osama bin Laden's return home described in Chapter 7? When did he return?

3. How was Egyptian society impacted by the Six Day War? When did this occur?

4. When did Sayyid Qutb come to the U.S.? What were his impressions of this country?

5. What is sharia law?

6. How was communism perceived by Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S.? How did his perceptions of communism compare with the U.S. views on it?

7. Who is Dr. Fadl? Where is he from?

8. How did Osama bin Laden feel about the United States' presence in Saudi Arabia after the Soviet-Afghan War?

9. What does the author describe Dan Coleman discovering in 1996 in the Prologue?

10. Where was Prince Turki educated?

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