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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Seduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Saudi oil so important?
(a) Saudi Arabia was at the heart of a politically volatile area.
(b) Saudi oil was the highest quality, most-easily-refined oil.
(c) Other nations could have exploited it instead of the United States.
(d) Whoever controlled it would control world oil supply.

2. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1969.

3. What is Wahhabism?
(a) A self-determination movement among rural Saudis.
(b) The state religion of Saudi Arabia.
(c) A form of cosmopolitan Islam.
(d) A rebel movement against the Saudi government.

4. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?
(a) Total.
(b) Exxon.
(c) Gazprom.
(d) Standard Oil.

5. What does the State Department proclaim about Saudi Arabia, in Baer's account?
(a) They are committed to fighting terrorism.
(b) They can teach United States agents how to fight terrorism.
(c) Their political neutrality is respected by terrorists.
(d) They sponsor terrorists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Baer say benefited from Bandar bin Sultan' charitable giving?

2. What did the House of Sa'ud build in the 1970s, according to Baer?

3. Where did Baer travel in 1994?

4. What does Baer say the Saudi rulers are targets for?

5. What does Baer say the Saudis have done in order to buy influence in America?

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