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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 about Saudis who come to the United States?
(a) They are the ideal foreigners to have in the country because they often have money to support themselves.
(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 typically come to the United States on student visas, and then stay illegally.

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

3. To what organizations does Bandar bin Sultan donate heavily?
(a) Presidential libraries.
(b) Public arts foundations.
(c) Political campaigns.
(d) Politicians' businesses.

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

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

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

7. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?
(a) Background checks.
(b) Criminal background checks.
(c) Interviews.
(d) Credit checks.

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

9. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?
(a) A Clinton-era study.
(b) A Reagan-era study.
(c) A Nixon-era study.
(d) Interviews.

10. What was Bandar bin Sultan's position before he was the Saudi ambassador to the United States?
(a) Oil geologist.
(b) Military attaché.
(c) Exporter.
(d) Actor.

11. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?
(a) Total.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) Gazprom.
(d) Exxon.

12. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Philanthropic.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Militant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Baer say he met at the Paris Ritz hotel?

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

4. What does Baer say Saudi money supports in the U.S.?

5. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?

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