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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. How old was Osama bin Laden when he was forced to leave Sudan?

2. Where is Stephen Gaudin from?

3. Where had John and Mike Anticev's parents immigrated to the U.S. from?

4. Where did Jack Cloonan grow up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What operation did bin Laden order Khaled Sheikh Mohammed to initiate in the spring of 1999?

3. Who did bin Laden enlist to assassinate Ahmed Shah Massoud? Why did he have him assassinated?

4. How was Osama bin Laden impacted by his expulsion from Sudan?

5. What was I-49? Why was it established?

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

7. Where had Mohammed Abdullah al-Khilaifi trained? How is he described by the author?

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

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

10. What did Egyptian intelligence officials do to Ahmed Sharraf?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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