The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Final Test - Hard

Lawrence Wright
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Test | Final Test - Hard

Lawrence Wright
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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. Who was the archbishop of New York in 1997?

2. What political Islamist party was expected to win in Algeria in 1992?

3. How much money did the Sudanese government owe Osama bin Laden for the 450-mile highway from Khartoum to Port Sudan when they kicked him out of the country?

4. How old was Hosni Mubarak in 1995?

5. For what news station did John Miller work when he interviewed Osama bin Laden in 1998?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were Osama bin Laden's finances like in 1994?

5. Why did Mullah Omar move Osama bin Laden to Kandahar in 1997?

6. Why was John O'Neill suspected of a leak after bin Laden's ABC News interview in 1998?

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

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

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

10. What problems did the Saudis have with Osama bin Laden in May of 1998?

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 Osama bin Laden's family, childhood, and education. Where was he born? How many siblings did he have? What were his familial relationships like? How did these elements influence him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the childhood, family, education, and career of Ayman al-Zawahiri. When and where was Ayman al-Zawahiri educated? What did he study? How did his family and education influence his thoughts as a terrorist?

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