1. Which of the following is NOT a name for the Islamic State?
a) ISIL
b) Da’esh
2. Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was comprised largely of ____
a) Sunni, who were in the majority in Iraq.
b) Shia, who were in the majority in Iraq.
3. In what year did protests in Syria, over the arrest of a man filing a complaint against the
police, begin?
a) 2010
d) 2013
4. Which country trained many of the officers who defected from the Assad regime and founded
the Free Syrian Army?
c) Iraq
d) the United States
5. According to your text, why did the Assad regime release many Islamic militants from prison?
a) To increase the duration of the civil war, from which the regime profited financially
d) All of these.
6. Someone in France who watches Youtube videos of sermons and manifestos put out by the
Islamic State and decides to commit violent acts against civilians in a nearby town center is most
likely an instance of
c) Islamic State enabled terrorism.
d) Terrorism unrelated to the Islamic State.
7. What town is central to the Islamic State’s ideology that we are living in the final days before
God’s judgement?
a) Kurdistan
b) Aleppo
8. Which of the following groups of fighters is more likely to be well-paid at this point in the
Syrian conflict?
a) Kurdish rebels
b) Syrian regime forces