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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. What did Na'if blame Saudi problems on in 2002, according to Baer?
(a) Radical Islam.
(b) Secularization.
(c) America.
(d) The Muslim Brotherhood.

2. What does Baer say Abdallah wanted to do with regard to the money from Yamama and from the Two Holy Mosques projects?
(a) Use them to pay for infrastructure and job training programs.
(b) Use them to buy luxuries.
(c) Bring them under Treasury control.
(d) Open the projects up for competitive bidding.

3. Who is Bandar bin Sultan?
(a) The Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
(b) A U.S. military advisor in Saudi Arabia.
(c) A technology and energy advisor from Saudi Arabia.
(d) The U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

4. Why did the Saudis have difficulty paying for the Boeing deal?
(a) They were spending their money contributing to the Gulf War.
(b) They were spending too much money on stipends for the royal family.
(c) They had lost too much money in a financial crash.
(d) They were losing money to financial crises.

5. What Pakistani project did the Saudi government support with more than $1 billion in aid?
(a) A hydroelectric dam.
(b) High-speed rail.
(c) Nuclear bomb development.
(d) Nuclear reactors for power plants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the Crown Prince when his father suffered a stroke?

3. Who determines succession in Saudi society?

4. What does the State Department proclaim about Saudi Arabia, in Baer's account?

5. What did Asad do when the Muslim Brotherhood tried to have him killed?

(see the answer key)

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