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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what organizations does Bandar bin Sultan donate heavily?
(a) Public arts foundations.
(b) Politicians' businesses.
(c) Presidential libraries.
(d) Political campaigns.

2. Who is Adnan Khashoggi?
(a) An opposition leader in Saudi Arabia.
(b) An oil and energy advisor.
(c) A military advisor in Saudi Arabia.
(d) A Saudi wheeler-dealer.

3. What does Baer say the Saudis have done in order to buy influence in America?
(a) Create foreign unrest.
(b) Pass up on oil profits.
(c) Sponsor terrorism.
(d) Cash in on tight oil markets.

4. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?
(a) Bribe money.
(b) Leverage.
(c) Cash.
(d) Extra security.

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

6. How does Baer characterize the Abqaiq crude oil complex?
(a) As a bleeding sore in the ecosystem.
(b) As a foundation to the American economy.
(c) As a chain holding the American economy down.
(d) As a target for terrorist attacks.

7. What does Baer say about Saudis who come to the United States?
(a) They are difficult to track and often come to the United States illegally.
(b) They typically do not meet requirements for their visas.
(c) They are the ideal foreigners to have in the country because they often have money to support themselves.
(d) They typically come to the United States on student visas, and then stay illegally.

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

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

10. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?
(a) A Nixon-era study.
(b) Interviews.
(c) A Reagan-era study.
(d) A Clinton-era study.

11. What did the House of Sa'ud build in the 1970s, according to Baer?
(a) Schools and mosques.
(b) Military bases.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) International treaties.

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

13. Who does Baer say is partial owner of Air Cess?
(a) The Saudi royal family.
(b) Al Qaeda.
(c) Russian intelligence.
(d) The CIA.

14. How many Saudis participated in the World Trade Center attacks?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kirkuk?

2. How does Baer say the Saudi royal princes supplement their royal allowances?

3. When was the first Middle East oil well drilled?

4. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?

5. How much of the world's supply of oil is produced in Saudi Arabia?

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