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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. Why is this oil difficult to procure?
(a) Domestic instability.
(b) Terrorist attacks.
(c) Price instability.
(d) United Nations sanctions.

2. Whose oil is Yuri interested in?
(a) Syria's.
(b) Iraq's.
(c) Saudi Arabia's.
(d) Kuwait's.

3. 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 initiating a democracy in the Middle East.
(c) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.
(d) It has been corrupted by oil money.

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

5. What does Baer say the Saudi rulers are targets for?
(a) Overthrow.
(b) Terrorist attack.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Foreign invasion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?

4. How does Baer characterize the Abqaiq crude oil complex?

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

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