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

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

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

4. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Samuel Smith College.
(c) George Washington College.
(d) Wilson Teachers College.

5. In prep school, Prince Turki had the nicknames Turk and what?
(a) Fiddlesticks.
(b) Prince T.
(c) Feaslesticks.
(d) Prince Doom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri establish his medical practice in Peshawar?

2. Who headed the emigre party Ittihad-e-Islami in 1988?

3. What was Sayyid Qutb's mother's name?

4. In what year did Crown Prince Faisal introduce female education in Saudi Arabia?

5. When did Mohammed al-Ahmadi al-Zawahiri become the rector of al-Azhar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

2. What was the Cold War and when did it take place?

3. Where was Prince Turki educated?

4. How did Mohammed bin Awahd bin Laden earn his fortune?

5. What was Takfir wa Hijira?

6. How did typical Saudi life change after the first oil boom?

7. What is the Muslim Brotherhood and when was it established?

8. How does the author describe Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri and his wife in Chapter 2?

9. What is sharia law?

10. What caused the 1973 oil crisis?

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