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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Mohammed Sharraf's son that was sodomized and blackmailed by Egyptian intelligence?
(a) Ajwa.
(b) Essam.
(c) Mus'ab.
(d) Ahmed.

2. J. Edgar Hoover claimed that one out of how many people in America were communists?
(a) 2,014.
(b) 1,814.
(c) 1,025.
(d) 995.

3. Who was the national coordinator for counterterrorism in the White House in February, 1995?
(a) Whittaker Chambers.
(b) Richard A. Clarke.
(c) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(d) Nathan Meeker.

4. When did Mohammed al-Ahmadi al-Zawahiri become the rector of al-Azhar?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1932.

5. How did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Execution.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gamal Abdel Nasser die?

2. What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. when Sayyid Qutb came to be a student?

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

4. When did the Soviets begin a staged withdrawal from Afghanistan?

5. What position did King Faisal give to Prince Turki as his sons helped him consolidate his power?

(see the answer key)

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