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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of aid does Baer say the Saudis gave Afghanistan and Pakistan?
(a) Food.
(b) Defense.
(c) Military supplies.
(d) Oil.

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

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

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

5. When did oil production begin in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1938.

6. What is the Carlyle Group?
(a) A group of American ideologues.
(b) A group of American military advisors.
(c) A group of Saudi petroleum engineers.
(d) A group of American investors.

7. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1969.

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

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

10. What does Baer say is the Arab way with Washington D.C.?
(a) To build strong relationships by praying together.
(b) To buy influence.
(c) To offer the best value for American investors.
(d) To build mutually beneficial business strategies.

11. What does Baer say Saudis believe about Americans?
(a) American capitalism is poisonous to nationalism.
(b) The Middle East turmoil is in their interest.
(c) They will support forces on both sides of a conflict if they can make money.
(d) Washington is for sale.

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

13. Baer compares Washington D.C. officials to ___________.
(a) Pavlov's dogs.
(b) Termites.
(c) Tapeworms.
(d) Bank robbers.

14. Where did Baer travel in 1994?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Tajikistan.
(d) Afghanistan.

15. Baer says Bandar bin Sultan is an expert in _____________.
(a) Military technology.
(b) Petroleum refining.
(c) Oil exploration.
(d) Public and private diplomacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adnan Khashoggi allegedly leave in Nixon's residence after Nixon's election?

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

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

4. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?

5. What does the State Department proclaim about Saudi Arabia, in Baer's account?

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