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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Kiss it good-bye.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Muslim Brotherhood try to do to Asad in 1973?
(a) Overthrow him.
(b) Assassinate him.
(c) Have him exiled.
(d) Install him in power.

2. How much of the world's supply of oil is produced in Saudi Arabia?
(a) One half.
(b) One fourth.
(c) One third.
(d) One fifth.

3. 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) Whoever controlled it would control world oil supply.
(d) Other nations could have exploited it instead of the United States.

4. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?
(a) America would have to change to a diesel economy.
(b) America would lose one third of its oil.
(c) America would lose almost all of its imported oil.
(d) America would not be affected.

5. What does Yuri tell Robert Baer when Baer asks for weapons for Saudi Arabian delivery?
(a) He does not know anyone who will handle this kind of deal.
(b) He report Baer to the United Nations inspector.
(c) He knows an associate who can arrange this.
(d) He can arrange the purchase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this oil difficult to procure?

2. How many working wells are there in Saudi Arabia?

3. What was the Muslim Brotherhood's goal?

4. Who was killed in Tashkent, in Baer's account?

5. Who is Yuri?

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