The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Lawrence Wright
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri and his wife move to Maadi?
(a) Heliopolis.
(b) Luxor.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Giza.

2. How much money did Jamal al-Fadl supposedly steal from bin Laden when he ran away from his employ?
(a) $2 million.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $200,000.

3. What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. when Sayyid Qutb came to be a student?
(a) Over 15%.
(b) Less than 2%.
(c) Less than 4%.
(d) Over 12%.

4. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?
(a) October, 1973.
(b) June, 1976.
(c) September, 1977.
(d) May, 1971.

5. When did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri's wife?

3. When did the rule of Islamic clerics formally end following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?

4. When did Sayyid Qutb's father die?

5. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?

(see the answer key)

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