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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 does the United States State Department shield Saudi Arabia from, according to Baer?
(a) Terrorist attacks.
(b) Monetary instability.
(c) Attacks on human rights abuses.
(d) Political instability.

2. Who is Asad?
(a) Head of State in Jordan.
(b) An opposition leader in India.
(c) A military attaché from Jordan.
(d) The Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.

3. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?
(a) Background checks.
(b) Criminal background checks.
(c) Interviews.
(d) Credit checks.

4. What did the Muslim Brotherhood try to do to Asad in 1973?
(a) Install him in power.
(b) Overthrow him.
(c) Have him exiled.
(d) Assassinate him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say was the United States State Department's reaction to the Saudi support in Pakistan?

2. What does Baer say Abdallah wanted to do with regard to the money from Yamama and from the Two Holy Mosques projects?

3. What was the Muslim Brotherhood's goal?

4. What did Abdallah want to do when he became the leader?

5. Why didn't the CIA have information about the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s, according to Baer?

(see the answer key)

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