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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Trouble in Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Russians begin to have problems with Islamic fundamentalism?
(a) China.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Pakistan.

3. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?
(a) Militant.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Philanthropic.

4. Where is Kirkuk?
(a) India.
(b) Southern Pakistan.
(c) Northern Iraq.
(d) Western Afghanistan.

5. What Pakistani project did the Saudi government support with more than $1 billion in aid?
(a) Nuclear reactors for power plants.
(b) Nuclear bomb development.
(c) A hydroelectric dam.
(d) High-speed rail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the United States State Department shield Saudi Arabia from, according to Baer?

2. How many Saudis participated in the World Trade Center attacks?

3. Why is this oil difficult to procure?

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

5. What was Bandar bin Sultan's position before he was the Saudi ambassador to the United States?

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