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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?
(a) It has been corrupted by oil money.
(b) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.
(c) It is initiating a democracy in the Middle East.
(d) It will not be able to afford peace from terrorist attacks forever.

2. Who is Princess Haifa?
(a) The Saudi queen.
(b) Bandar bin Sultan' mother.
(c) The head of Saudi Arabia's parliament.
(d) Bandar bin Sultan's wife.

3. How does Baer characterize Saudi Arabia's per-capita spending on arms?
(a) Highest in the Middle East.
(b) Second highest in the Middle East behind Israel.
(c) Second to the U.S.
(d) Highest in the world.

4. Where was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

5. Where did the Saudi treasury reside in 1930, according to Baer?
(a) In Mecca.
(b) In Riyadh.
(c) In Medina.
(d) In a tin trunk.

6. What is Bandar bin Sultan's relationship with the Washington D.C. social scene?
(a) Abstemious hosts.
(b) Lavish entertainers.
(c) Frugal supporters.
(d) Dispassionate participants.

7. Whom does Baer say he met at the Paris Ritz hotel?
(a) The Kuwaiti petroleum minister.
(b) Osama bin Laden.
(c) Adnan Khashoggi.
(d) George H. W. Bush.

8. Whom does Baer say the Saudi government aided?
(a) Likud.
(b) Al Qaeda.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Hamas.

9. What does Baer say was George H. W. Bush's relationship with the Carlyle Group?
(a) Political ambassador.
(b) CEO.
(c) Advisor.
(d) Founder.

10. Which nation holds the largest reserves of oil in the world?
(a) Russia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Iran.

11. What does Baer say is tightly tied to the Saudi kingdom?
(a) Islamist terrorism.
(b) Al Qaeda.
(c) American counter-culture.
(d) Moderate Islamism.

12. What does Yuri offer to make the deal he is making more convincing?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Protection from organized crime.
(c) Missiles and launchers.
(d) Threats.

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

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

15. Where are most of the wells in Saudi Arabia?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) Offshore.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In the cities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is this oil difficult to procure?

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

4. Who does Baer say is partial owner of Air Cess?

5. How does Baer characterize his discussion with Yuri?

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