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Lawrence Wright
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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 was Jamal al-Fadl from?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Somalia.

2. Who did Mohammed Atta believe was a Jewish agent sent to undermine President Clinton?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Monica Lewinsky.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Dan Quayle.

3. Where did Khaled Saleem bin Rasheed claim to be from when he was questioned by the FBI?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Yemen.
(d) Egypt.

4. How old was Hosni Mubarak in 1995?
(a) 74.
(b) 67.
(c) 49.
(d) 62.

5. What is the name of April Brightsky Ray's mother?
(a) Marion Brown.
(b) Julie Roberts.
(c) Pat Johnson.
(d) Miranda Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Major General Elfaith Erwa meet with Timothy Carney and covert operatives of the CIA in a hotel room in the U.S.?

2. Who was the reporter for the News in Islamabad that asked Osama bin Laden about his family at a press conference in 1998?

3. How many days did raw recruits of al-Qaeda spend in boot camp?

4. Who was the Malaysian businessman who spent months attempting to cultivate biological weapons in a lab near Kandahar for al-Qaeda?

5. What did Osama bin Laden call the former Soviet collective farm where he moved his family in 1996?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Osama bin Laden cite as his reasons for his declaration of war against the U.S. when he was interviewed by CNN in 1997?

2. How did al-Zawahiri end up at the same compound as bin Laden in 1997?

3. How did the U.S. respond to the 1998 United States embassy bombings?

4. Why did the assassination attempt on President Hosni Mubarak fail? When did it occur?

5. Who was Mus'ab's father and how did Egyptian intelligence officials gain information about him?

6. What plan did Mike Scheuer come up with to kidnap Osama bin Laden?

7. How is the process of al-Qaeda training described in Chapter 18?

8. Who became al-Qaeda's first traitor? How?

9. How did Osama bin Laden justify terrorism when speaking to Pakistani reporters in 1998, according to the author in Chapter 16?

10. What led Sudan to expel Osama bin Laden from the country?

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