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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 typically do not meet requirements for their visas.
(c) They are difficult to track and often come to the United States illegally.
(d) They are the ideal foreigners to have in the country because they often have money to support themselves.

4. What does Baer say was George H. W. Bush's relationship with the Carlyle Group?
(a) Political ambassador.
(b) Advisor.
(c) CEO.
(d) Founder.

5. How much of the world's supply of oil is produced in Saudi Arabia?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) One fifth.
(d) One fourth.

6. What kind of aid does Baer say the Saudis gave Afghanistan and Pakistan?
(a) Military supplies.
(b) Defense.
(c) Food.
(d) Oil.

7. Who is Princess Haifa?
(a) Bandar bin Sultan's wife.
(b) The Saudi queen.
(c) The head of Saudi Arabia's parliament.
(d) Bandar bin Sultan' mother.

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

9. Where did Baer travel in 1994?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Tajikistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Pakistan.

10. What does Yuri offer to make the deal he is making more convincing?
(a) Threats.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Protection from organized crime.
(d) Missiles and launchers.

11. Where are most of the wells in Saudi Arabia?
(a) In the cities.
(b) Offshore.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In the mountains.

12. Who does Baer say is partial owner of Air Cess?
(a) The Saudi royal family.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Al Qaeda.
(d) Russian intelligence.

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

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

15. Where is Caesarea?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Syria.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say the Saudis have done in order to buy influence in America?

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

3. Why is this oil difficult to procure?

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

5. Who is Bandar bin Sultan?

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