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

2. When was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1890.

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

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

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

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

7. What is Wahhabism?
(a) A form of cosmopolitan Islam.
(b) A rebel movement against the Saudi government.
(c) A self-determination movement among rural Saudis.
(d) The state religion of Saudi Arabia.

8. What does Baer say was the United States State Department's reaction to the Saudi support in Pakistan?
(a) Covert military strikes.
(b) No protests.
(c) Vociferous protests.
(d) UN sanctions.

9. Where is Kirkuk?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Northern Iraq.
(c) Western Afghanistan.
(d) India.

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

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

12. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?
(a) Saudis had funded the 9/11 attack.
(b) Bin Laden had freely visited relatives in Saudi Arabia.
(c) Bin Laden was supported by the Saudi royal family.
(d) Saudi Arabia was not a trusted ally.

13. What does Baer say Saudi money supports in the U.S.?
(a) Military installations.
(b) Universities.
(c) Rocket programs.
(d) Think tanks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?

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

4. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?

5. Who provides for Saudi Arabia's external defense?

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