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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. Where are most of the wells in Saudi Arabia?
(a) In the cities.
(b) Offshore.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) In the desert.

2. How many miles of pipeline are there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 10,000.

3. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?
(a) The offshore wells.
(b) Northern Saudi Arabia.
(c) Southern Saudi Arabia.
(d) Egypt.

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

5. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?
(a) It will not be able to afford peace from terrorist attacks forever.
(b) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.
(c) It is initiating a democracy in the Middle East.
(d) It has been corrupted by oil money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baer characterize Saudi Arabia's per-capita spending on arms?

2. Why are the cylindrical towers for hydrodesulfurization vulnerabilities to the Abqaiq site?

3. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?

4. What makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?

5. Why is this oil difficult to procure?

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