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

2. When did oil development begin in Kirkuk?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1931.

3. What does Baer say is the cost of Adnan Khashoggi's lifestyle?
(a) $15,000 week.
(b) $50,000 a year.
(c) $100,000 a week.
(d) $50,000 a day.

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

5. Whose oil is Yuri interested in?
(a) Kuwait's.
(b) Iraq's.
(c) Saudi Arabia's.
(d) Syria's.

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

7. What did Adnan Khashoggi allegedly leave in Nixon's residence after Nixon's election?
(a) Military plans for Russian ground forces in Korea.
(b) Security codes for Saudi military installations.
(c) Blueprints for the Pakistani nuclear complex.
(d) $1 million in cash.

8. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?
(a) America would lose one third of its oil.
(b) America would not be affected.
(c) America would have to change to a diesel economy.
(d) America would lose almost all of its imported oil.

9. How many miles of pipeline are there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 7,000.

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

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

12. How many working wells are there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) More than 7,000.
(b) More than 1,000.
(c) Fewer than 1,000.
(d) More than 5,000.

13. What makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?
(a) Lawlessness.
(b) Open borders.
(c) Corrupt border guards.
(d) Vast terrorist networks.

14. What does Baer say is Bandar bin Sultan's position in Washington D.C.?
(a) One of the most corrupt.
(b) One of the most dangerous.
(c) One of the most influential.
(d) One of the most compassionate.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are most of the wells in Saudi Arabia?

2. What does Baer say the Saudi princes are well-known for?

3. What was Bandar bin Sultan's position before he was the Saudi ambassador to the United States?

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

5. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?

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