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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.
2. When did oil production begin in Saudi Arabia?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1908.
3. What is Wahhabism?
(a) A rebel movement against the Saudi government.
(b) The state religion of Saudi Arabia.
(c) A form of cosmopolitan Islam.
(d) A self-determination movement among rural Saudis.
4. What was Baer surprised by on his travels?
(a) The corruption.
(b) The political instability.
(c) The volume of oil exports.
(d) The rents and prices.
5. What Pakistani project did the Saudi government support with more than $1 billion in aid?
(a) Nuclear bomb development.
(b) High-speed rail.
(c) A hydroelectric dam.
(d) Nuclear reactors for power plants.
6. Where did the Saudi treasury reside in 1930, according to Baer?
(a) In Medina.
(b) In a tin trunk.
(c) In Mecca.
(d) In Riyadh.
7. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?
(a) It has been corrupted by oil money.
(b) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.
(c) It will not be able to afford peace from terrorist attacks forever.
(d) It is initiating a democracy in the Middle East.
8. Whose oil is Yuri interested in?
(a) Iraq's.
(b) Kuwait's.
(c) Saudi Arabia's.
(d) Syria's.
9. Where is Kirkuk?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Western Afghanistan.
(c) India.
(d) Northern Iraq.
10. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1998.
11. 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.
12. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?
(a) Southern Saudi Arabia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Northern Saudi Arabia.
(d) The offshore wells.
13. What does Baer say was George H. W. Bush's relationship with the Carlyle Group?
(a) Advisor.
(b) Founder.
(c) CEO.
(d) Political ambassador.
14. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) Gazprom.
(c) Exxon.
(d) Total.
15. When did Bandar bin Sultan become Saudi ambassador to the U.S.?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1989.
Short Answer Questions
1. What makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?
2. How does Baer characterize his discussion with Yuri?
3. Whom does Baer say the Saudi government aided?
4. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?
5. What does Baer say is the cost of Adnan Khashoggi's lifestyle?
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