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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. At what stage is oil sent to Ju'aymah?
(a) When it is desulfurized.
(b) When it is stored after import.
(c) When it is ready to be refined.
(d) When it is ready to be loaded onto tankers.

2. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?
(a) He Helped Bin Laden leave the country.
(b) He refused to meet with FBI Director Louis Freeh.
(c) He bought weapons from Syria.
(d) He closed Saudi Arabia's borders.

3. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?
(a) America would not be affected.
(b) America would lose almost all of its imported oil.
(c) America would have to change to a diesel economy.
(d) America would lose one third of its oil.

4. How does Baer characterize Saudi society?
(a) Repressive.
(b) Democratic.
(c) Permissive.
(d) Open.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?

2. Who is Yuri?

3. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?

4. What does Yuri tell Robert Baer when Baer asks for weapons for Saudi Arabian delivery?

5. What does Baer say the Saudi princes are well-known for?

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