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

2. When was Sayyid Qutb Mahfouz Azzam's Arabic teacher?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1988.

3. What was Oman Sharif's birth name?
(a) Nathan Meeker.
(b) Kenneth Karas.
(c) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(d) Michel Chalhub.

4. Where did Osama bin Laden open a small downtown office in Khartoum?
(a) Mek Nimr Street.
(b) Fadl Street.
(c) Hussein Street.
(d) Deraz Street.

5. When didi Crown Prince Faisal formally abolish slavery?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sayyid Qutb's father die?

2. When was Mahfouz Azzam arrested following the assassination of Prime Minister Ahmed Mahir?

3. Who was the founder of Union Colony in present-day Greeley, Colorado?

4. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What let to the Grand Mosque seizure? When did this occur?

2. Why did Osama bin Laden consider the United States to be a threat?

3. What led to Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 1981?

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

5. What is Wahhabism?

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

7. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where was he born and when did he form al-Qaeda?

8. Why did the members of the Muslim Brotherhood dislike Ayman al-Zawahiri at the Red Crescent hospital?

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

10. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

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