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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. What is Wadi El Aqiq named after?

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

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

4. Who murdered King Faisal?

5. When did Egypt and Syria stun Israel with simultaneous attacks across the Suez Canal into the occupied Sinai and on the Golan Heights?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was Prince Turki educated?

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

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

5. What is Wahhabism?

6. How is Osama bin Laden's return home described in Chapter 7? When did he return?

7. What is sharia law?

8. Who is Ali Abdul Saoud Mohammed?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the organization al-Jihad. When and where was this organization founded? What was its mission? Is it still active today? Who were/are its leaders?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss John O'Neill's career with the FBI and his role in the counterterrorism efforts in the 1990s. When was O'Neill assigned to the counterterrorism unit? What were his responsibilities? What were the obstacles he faced in this position?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the U.S. Embassy bombings in 1998. When did these bombings take place? How many people were killed in the attacks? How did these attacks influence U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts?

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