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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 was the vice president of Egypt that offered Ayman al-Zawahiri and his brother Mohammed a ride home from the mosque?
(a) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(b) Whittaker Chambers.
(c) Michel Chalhub.
(d) Kenneth Karas.

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

3. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?
(a) June, 1976.
(b) May, 1971.
(c) October, 1973.
(d) September, 1977.

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

5. How old was Issam when Osama bin Laden came to Sudan?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri believe to be "the single great competitor for bin Laden's attention" (130)?

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

4. Where did Ramzi Yousef flee to after detonating a truck bomb at the World Trade Center?

5. When did the government of Sudan send Osama bin Laden a letter of invitation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ayman al-Zawahiri? Where is he from?

2. How does the author describe the concept of takfir?

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

4. How did Osama bin Laden feel about his time in Sudan?

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

6. What is sharia law?

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

8. Where was Prince Turki educated?

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

10. What is Wahhabism?

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