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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Kiss it good-bye.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?
(a) Philanthropic.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Militant.

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

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

4. What is Wahhabism?
(a) A form of cosmopolitan Islam.
(b) The state religion of Saudi Arabia.
(c) A self-determination movement among rural Saudis.
(d) A rebel movement against the Saudi government.

5. What is the problem of the Saudi economy?
(a) It is growing too quickly for its population.
(b) It cannot absorb the working-age population.
(c) There are not enough tradesmen.
(d) There are not enough managers and technicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Yuri?

2. Who was blamed for the killings in Tashkent?

3. What does Baer say the United States government convinced Saudi Arabia to do during the Gulf War?

4. How did the Royal family try to solve the difference between Abdallah and Fahd?

5. When did Russians begin to have problems with Islamic fundamentalism?

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