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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 had just been appointed chief of the FBI's counterterrorism section in February of 1995?

2. Other than the suicide bombers, how many people died as a result of the Egyptian Embassy bombing in Islamabad?

3. Where did CIA operatives kidnap Ahmed Salama Mabruk in July of 1998?

4. Who was Mohammed Atta's friend that referred to Hitler as "a good man" (306)?

5. Where had Wali Khan Amin Shah been arrested when John Miller interviewed Osama bin Laden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the 1998 United States embassy bombings occur? Who engineered them?

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

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

4. What did Osama bin Laden cite as his reasons for his declaration of war against the U.S. when he was interviewed by CNN in 1997?

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

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

7. What did the men who came to Soba Farm have in common, according to the author in Chapter 10?

8. How does Islamic law dictate child custody in the case of divorce?

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

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

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 life and work of Prince Turki al-Faisal. Why was Prince Turki given a position in intelligence? What was his role? What was Prince Turki's relationship to Osama bin Laden? How did that relationship change?

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