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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. Where did Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri leave a medical clinic to move to Peshawar in 1986?

2. By what other name is Mamdouh Salim known?

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

4. How much older is Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri than Osama bin Laden?

5. What was Oman Sharif's birth name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was communism perceived by Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S.? How did his perceptions of communism compare with the U.S. views on it?

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

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

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

6. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where was he born and when did he form al-Qaeda?

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

8. What led to Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 1981?

9. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?

10. Who is Dr. Fadl? Where is he from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life, career, education, and influences of Sayyid Qutb. When did Qutb come to the United States? What were his perceptions of the country? How did Sayyid Qutb become involved with radical Islam? What influences did he have on later terrorists?

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