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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 was Wadih el-Hage born?

2. Who was the archbishop of New York in 1997?

3. Who took over temporarily as the head of the FBI during the director's vacation in 1998?

4. Who was the reporter for the News in Islamabad that asked Osama bin Laden about his family at a press conference in 1998?

5. What was the name of the charity organization that Wadih el-Hage headed in 1997?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was John O'Neill suspected of a leak after bin Laden's ABC News interview in 1998?

2. What plan did Mike Scheuer come up with to kidnap Osama bin Laden?

3. Why did the downing of two U.S. helicopters in October of 1993 become the turning point of the war in Somalia?

4. What did the men who came to Soba Farm have in common, according to the author in Chapter 10?

5. What are listed as the utopian goals of al-Qaeda in Chapter 18?

6. What problems did the Saudis have with Osama bin Laden in May of 1998?

7. How did the U.S. respond to the 1998 United States embassy bombings?

8. How is the process of al-Qaeda training described in Chapter 18?

9. Who was Mus'ab's father and how did Egyptian intelligence officials gain information about him?

10. Why did the assassination attempt on President Hosni Mubarak fail? When did it occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and career of Mohammed bin Laden. Where was Mohammed bin Laden from? When did he emigrate to Saudi Arabia? What did he do for a living? How did he amass a fortune?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. When was it formed? Who formed it? What was al-Qaeda's mission? How has the organization changed over time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of differences between Islam and Western values in The Looming Tower. How did many of the terrorists described in this book perceive the United States and the remainder of the West? What caused these perceptions? How were these differences to be dealt with?

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