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

2. What was Osama bin Laden's agricultural company in Sudan called?
(a) Abu Hajer al-Iraqi.
(b) Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
(c) Al-Thimar al-Mubaraka.
(d) Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.

3. What is Wadi El Aqiq named after?
(a) A city.
(b) A sea.
(c) A person.
(d) A river.

4. How old was Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri when Sayyid Qutb was executed?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 15.

5. What was the name of Osama bin Laden's construction company in Sudan?
(a) Al-Tara.
(b) Al-Ubaydah.
(c) Al-Shaffei.
(d) Al-Hijira.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ayman al-Zawahiri's father die?

2. When did Sayyid Qutb's father die?

3. What was Oman Sharif's birth name?

4. Where did Prince Turki attend college for one semester before flunking out?

5. Where did Prince Turki pay a visit one month after the Soviet invasion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

2. What is sharia law?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?

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

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

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

10. What does the mujahideen refer to?

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