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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this oil difficult to procure?
(a) United Nations sanctions.
(b) Price instability.
(c) Terrorist attacks.
(d) Domestic instability.

2. What does Baer say the Saudi rulers are targets for?
(a) Blackmail.
(b) Terrorist attack.
(c) Overthrow.
(d) Foreign invasion.

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

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

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

6. When did Bandar bin Sultan become Saudi ambassador to the U.S.?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1983.

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

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

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

10. Why is Robert Baer meeting Yuri?
(a) To propose an oil contract.
(b) To investigate charges of corruption in the oil business.
(c) To smuggle weapons.
(d) To thwart a terrorist attack on oil sites.

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

12. What does the United States State Department shield Saudi Arabia from, according to Baer?
(a) Monetary instability.
(b) Political instability.
(c) Attacks on human rights abuses.
(d) Terrorist attacks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say the person he met with in Paris do to impress his guests?

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

3. Who does Baer say is partial owner of Air Cess?

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

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

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