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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Circling the Drain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Victor Bout?
(a) A terrorist leader.
(b) An anti-terrorism expert.
(c) An oil contractor.
(d) A supplier who supplied Bin Laden with arms.

2. Where is Caesarea?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Syria.
(c) Israel.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

3. Why is Robert Baer meeting Yuri?
(a) To thwart a terrorist attack on oil sites.
(b) To propose an oil contract.
(c) To smuggle weapons.
(d) To investigate charges of corruption in the oil business.

4. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?
(a) A Reagan-era study.
(b) A Clinton-era study.
(c) Interviews.
(d) A Nixon-era study.

5. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides for Saudi Arabia's external defense?

2. How many miles of pipeline are there in Saudi Arabia?

3. What does Baer say is tightly tied to the Saudi kingdom?

4. What does Yuri offer to make the deal he is making more convincing?

5. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?

(see the answer key)

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