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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. Who is Bandar bin Sultan?
(a) A technology and energy advisor from Saudi Arabia.
(b) A U.S. military advisor in Saudi Arabia.
(c) The Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
(d) The U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

2. What does Baer say might have happened if the Muslim Brotherhood had been treated as an international organization?
(a) 9/11 might have been prevented.
(b) The U.S. would have invaded Jordan.
(c) The U.S. would have found the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
(d) Sanctions would have been imposed on countries that harbored the Muslim Brotherhood.

3. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?
(a) Saudi Arabia was not a trusted ally.
(b) Bin Laden was supported by the Saudi royal family.
(c) Bin Laden had freely visited relatives in Saudi Arabia.
(d) Saudis had funded the 9/11 attack.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baer find when he was assigned to the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center?

2. How old was Bandar bin Sultan when he became Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?

3. What kind of aid does Baer say the Saudis gave Afghanistan and Pakistan?

4. How does Baer characterize the Saudi government in the period after 9/11?

5. When did oil production begin in Saudi Arabia?

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