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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed as a result of the truck bomb detonated by Ramzi Yousef?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. What was Oman Sharif's birth name?
(a) Hussein al-Shaffei.
(b) Kenneth Karas.
(c) Nathan Meeker.
(d) Michel Chalhub.

3. Who was the Time magazine senior editor that was being questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee when Sayyid Qutb arrived in the U.S.?
(a) Whittaker Chambers.
(b) Patrick Fitzgerald.
(c) Kenneth Karas.
(d) Alfred Kinsey.

4. Where did Sayyid Qutb study English in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Samuel Smith College.
(b) Wilson Teachers College.
(c) George Washington College.
(d) Brown University.

5. About how many armed Afrghan militias were there in the mid-1980s?
(a) 250.
(b) 170.
(c) 150.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sayyid Qutb travel to New York from Egypt on a cruise ship to study?

2. How old was Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri when Sayyid Qutb was executed?

3. What position was Prince Saud given by his father for the kingdom?

4. Where did Prince Turki attend college for one semester before flunking out?

5. How old was Osama bin Laden in 1992?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was communism perceived by Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S.? How did his perceptions of communism compare with the U.S. views on it?

2. How did typical Saudi life change after the first oil boom?

3. Why did Osama bin Laden consider the United States to be a threat?

4. When did the World Trade Center bombing occur and what was its impact?

5. How did Osama bin Laden feel about the United States' presence in Saudi Arabia after the Soviet-Afghan War?

6. How did Mohammed bin Awahd bin Laden earn his fortune?

7. Where was Prince Turki educated?

8. What was the Cold War and when did it take place?

9. What does the author describe Dan Coleman discovering in 1996 in the Prologue?

10. How does the author describe Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri and his wife in Chapter 2?

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