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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college did Prince Turki transfter to after flunking out of his original college?

2. When did Sayyid Qutb's father die?

3. Who was the vice president of Egypt that offered Ayman al-Zawahiri and his brother Mohammed a ride home from the mosque?

4. What is the name of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's first child?

5. What is the name of Azza's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is sharia law?

3. What is Wahhabism?

4. What caused the 1973 oil crisis?

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

6. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

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

8. Who was Hassan al-Turabi?

9. How did typical Saudi life change after the first oil boom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the life, family, education, and career of Hassan al-Turabi. How did Hassan al-Turabi come to be an ideological leader in Sudan? What was his relationship like with Osama bin Laden? How did that relationship evolve?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the U.S. Embassy bombings in 1998. When did these bombings take place? How many people were killed in the attacks? How did these attacks influence U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life and career of Mohammed bin Laden. Where was Mohammed bin Laden from? When did he emigrate to Saudi Arabia? What did he do for a living? How did he amass a fortune?

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