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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baer characterize the Saudi government in the period after 9/11?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Gracious.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Uncooperative.

2. Whom does Baer say he met at the Paris Ritz hotel?
(a) Osama bin Laden.
(b) Adnan Khashoggi.
(c) George H. W. Bush.
(d) The Kuwaiti petroleum minister.

3. What is the Carlyle Group?
(a) A group of American ideologues.
(b) A group of American investors.
(c) A group of American military advisors.
(d) A group of Saudi petroleum engineers.

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

5. When did oil production begin in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bandar bin Sultan's position before he was the Saudi ambassador to the United States?

2. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?

3. What does Baer say Saudis believe about Americans?

4. Who is Adnan Khashoggi?

5. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the important dated Baer cites in the development of Middle East oil?

2. What parts of Bandar bin Sultan's career does Baer describe?

3. How does Baer characterize the royal family under King Fahd?

4. Who are the Wahhabis, and what is their role in Saudi culture?

5. In what way does Baer say his observations contradict the official United States statements about Saudi's anti-terrorism efforts?

6. What made Saudi Arabia an area of strategic importance for the United States?

7. What anecdote does Baer say illustrates the standard of business in the Middle East?

8. What simile does Baer say describes the relationship between the United States and Saudi money?

9. How does Baer characterize the effect of oil money on the Saudi royal family?

10. How does Saudi Arabia use the oil market to maintain a stable relationship with the United States?

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