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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Baer say the Saudi government aided?
(a) Likud.
(b) Taliban.
(c) Al Qaeda.
(d) Hamas.

2. Who is Bandar bin Sultan?
(a) The Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
(b) The U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
(c) A technology and energy advisor from Saudi Arabia.
(d) A U.S. military advisor in Saudi Arabia.

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

4. Who provides for Saudi Arabia's external defense?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Israel.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) The Arab League.

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

6. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?
(a) He Helped Bin Laden leave the country.
(b) He closed Saudi Arabia's borders.
(c) He bought weapons from Syria.
(d) He refused to meet with FBI Director Louis Freeh.

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

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

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

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

11. Why was Saudi oil so important?
(a) Whoever controlled it would control world oil supply.
(b) Other nations could have exploited it instead of the United States.
(c) Saudi oil was the highest quality, most-easily-refined oil.
(d) Saudi Arabia was at the heart of a politically volatile area.

12. Where was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Iran.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?

2. At what stage is oil sent to Ju'aymah?

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

4. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?

5. What does Yuri tell Robert Baer when Baer asks for weapons for Saudi Arabian delivery?

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