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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baer say about Saudis who come to the United States?
(a) They typically do not meet requirements for their visas.
(b) They are difficult to track and often come to the United States illegally.
(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.

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

3. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?
(a) Northern Saudi Arabia.
(b) The offshore wells.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Southern Saudi Arabia.

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

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

6. Who does Baer say benefited from Bandar bin Sultan' charitable giving?
(a) Organizations that sponsor international terrorism.
(b) Organizations that negotiate joint military actions.
(c) Organizations that sponsor cancer research.
(d) Organizations that helped 9/11 attackers.

7. What was Baer surprised by on his travels?
(a) The corruption.
(b) The rents and prices.
(c) The volume of oil exports.
(d) The political instability.

8. Why are the cylindrical towers for hydrodesulfurization vulnerabilities to the Abqaiq site?
(a) The towers are built on a slip fault.
(b) The towers are close to residential areas.
(c) They cannot be repaired without stopping oil production for a year.
(d) Sulfur dioxide gas would be poisonous and corrosive.

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

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

11. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?
(a) He used to be a terrorist.
(b) He used to be in the CIA.
(c) He used to study terrorism.
(d) He used to be a military planner.

12. What does Baer say the Saudi princes are well-known for?
(a) Their justice.
(b) Their business acumen.
(c) Their benevolence.
(d) Their sexual exploits.

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

14. How does Baer characterize his discussion with Yuri?
(a) Examination.
(b) Interview.
(c) Fishing for information.
(d) Interrogation.

15. At what stage is oil sent to Ju'aymah?
(a) When it is desulfurized.
(b) When it is stored after import.
(c) When it is ready to be loaded onto tankers.
(d) When it is ready to be refined.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation holds the largest reserves of oil in the world?

2. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?

3. Where is Caesarea?

4. What does Baer say is tightly tied to the Saudi kingdom?

5. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?

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