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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. Where did Prince Turki pay a visit one month after the Soviet invasion?
2. What is described in Chapter 6 as "the mirror image of Islam, reversing its fundamental principles but maintaining the semblanc of orthodoxy" (124)?
3. What was the name of Osama bin Laden's construction company in Sudan?
4. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?
5. What college did Prince Turki transfter to after flunking out of his original college?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Osama bin Laden consider the United States to be a threat?
2. How did Osama bin Laden feel about his time in Sudan?
3. How does the author describe Dr. Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri and his wife in Chapter 2?
4. Why did the members of the Muslim Brotherhood dislike Ayman al-Zawahiri at the Red Crescent hospital?
5. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where was he born and when did he form al-Qaeda?
6. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?
7. When did Sayyid Qutb come to the U.S.? What were his impressions of this country?
8. How is Osama bin Laden's return home described in Chapter 7? When did he return?
9. Who was Hassan al-Turabi?
10. Who is Dr. Fadl? Where is he from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the September 11 attacks in 2001. How many people were killed and injured from the attacks? How did the attacks change global politics? How did the attacks influence U.S. law and regulations? What efforts could have been made to prevent the attacks?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of American overconfidence in The Looming Tower. How does the author establish this theme? How does he back up this theme with examples? What are the repercussions of American overconfidence?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Afghan Civil War. What were the different mujahideen armies that fought in this war? Who had the most support? Who won the war? How did this impact the country?
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