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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. How old was Sayyid Qutb when he came to the U.S. to study?

2. What name was Abu Ubaydah al-Banshiri born with?

3. When did Dan Coleman first hear of Osama bin Laden?

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

5. When did Ramzi Yousef detonate a truck bomb in the parking lot of the World Trade Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Wahhabism?

2. What led to Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 1981?

3. When did Sayyid Qutb come to the U.S.? What were his impressions of this country?

4. What was Takfir wa Hijira?

5. 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?

6. What does the mujahideen refer to?

7. How was Egyptian society impacted by the Six Day War? When did this occur?

8. What is sharia law?

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

10. Who was Osama bin Laden? Where was he born and when did he form al-Qaeda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Soviet-Afghan War. When did this war take place? How many casualties came about from the war? Where was the war fought? How was it fought?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Taliban? When was it established? Who established it? What power does the Taliban hold? What is the current status of the Taliban today?

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