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

2. When did Sayyid Qutb travel to New York from Egypt on a cruise ship to study?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1962.

3. Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri was a professor of pharmacology at what university in 1960?
(a) Ain Shams University.
(b) Al-Azhar University.
(c) Misr University.
(d) Cairo University.

4. How much older is Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri than Osama bin Laden?
(a) Ten years older.
(b) Three years older.
(c) Five years older.
(d) Seven years older.

5. When did Osama bin Laden first meet Abdullah Azzam in Mecca?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who had signed an order for Sayyid Qutb's arrest, leading him to travel to the U.S. as a student?

3. In prep school, Prince Turki had the nicknames Turk and what?

4. What was the name of Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri's wife?

5. Who was the national security advisor for the Carter administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Hassan al-Turabi?

2. What is Wahhabism?

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

4. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?

5. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

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

7. When did the World Trade Center bombing occur and what was its impact?

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

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

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

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