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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 is Wadi El Aqiq named after?

2. What is the name of the quiet middle-class suburb where Ayman al-Zawahiri grew up?

3. Who was Prince Turki's uncle that offered him a job in the Foreign Liaison Bureau?

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

5. Who wrote the scholarly report Sexual Behavior in the Human Male?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Osama bin Laden help the mujahideen?

4. How did Osama bin Laden feel about the United States' presence in Saudi Arabia after the Soviet-Afghan War?

5. What is sharia law?

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

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

8. Where was Prince Turki educated?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the bombing of the USS Cole. Where did this terrorist attack occur? When did it occur? What was the U.S. response to the attack?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the organization al-Jihad. When and where was this organization founded? What was its mission? Is it still active today? Who were/are its leaders?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of American overconfidence in The Looming Tower. How does the author establish this theme? How does he back up this theme with examples? What are the repercussions of American overconfidence?

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