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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. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?
(a) He used to be a terrorist.
(b) He used to be in the CIA.
(c) He used to study terrorism.
(d) He used to be a military planner.

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

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

4. How does Baer characterize Saudi Arabia's per-capita spending on arms?
(a) Highest in the Middle East.
(b) Highest in the world.
(c) Second highest in the Middle East behind Israel.
(d) Second to the U.S.

5. What makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?
(a) Corrupt border guards.
(b) Lawlessness.
(c) Vast terrorist networks.
(d) Open borders.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?

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

3. At what stage is oil sent to Ju'aymah?

4. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?

5. How does Baer say the Saudi royal princes supplement their royal allowances?

(see the answer key)

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