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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this person a good role model?
(a) He instituted democratic reforms.
(b) He weaned his country off petrodollars.
(c) He protected his country's independence from the oil economy.
(d) He cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood.

2. What does Baer say happened after King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995?
(a) Saudi Arabia experienced problems.
(b) The military made an attempt at taking control of the country.
(c) A smooth transition was made.
(d) The people began to stage uprisings.

3. Where did Baer work with Zuhagr Shawish?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Beirut.

4. Baer says Namangan is known as ___________.
(a) The center of Islamic fundamentalism.
(b) The heart of international terrorism.
(c) The heart of a new, oil-supported aristocracy.
(d) The center of Central Asian gas production.

5. How does Baer say the Muslim Brotherhood was viewed?
(a) As a local problem in various places.
(b) As an organized movement.
(c) As a messianic religion.
(d) As a series of isolated individuals.

6. What is the Saudi royal family's relationship with the International Islamic Relief Organization?
(a) They are donors to it.
(b) They control it.
(c) They are hostile to it.
(d) They are owned by it.

7. Why did the Saudis have difficulty paying for the Boeing deal?
(a) They were spending their money contributing to the Gulf War.
(b) They were losing money to financial crises.
(c) They were spending too much money on stipends for the royal family.
(d) They had lost too much money in a financial crash.

8. Where did Baer check the names on the list of people who had supposedly participated in the Tashkent attack?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Amman.

9. Why does Baer say the United States supports the Saudi government?
(a) They are waiting for democratic reform.
(b) They are corrupt, paid for by Saudi oil money.
(c) They believe they are fighting terrorism.
(d) They believe they are the least evil option.

10. How did the Royal family try to solve the difference between Abdallah and Fahd?
(a) They tried to keep them apart.
(b) They tried to force Abdallah into exile.
(c) They tried to negotiate an agreement.
(d) They tried to stage a vote.

11. Baer says the commissions from the Boeing sale of aircraft to Saudi Arabia were used for __________.
(a) Saudi Arabia's socialized healthcare system.
(b) Overhead for the purchasing agents.
(c) Upgrades and infrastructure improvemenhe explosives to the Saudi army, and rootts.
(d) Bribes.

12. Baer says the United States created this political situation in Saudi Arabia with ______________.
(a) Its need to export democracy.
(b) Its need for oil.
(c) Its need to support Israel.
(d) Its need to enforce stability in the Middle East.

13. Why was the Muslim Brotherhood banned?
(a) They assassinated American journalists.
(b) They became violent.
(c) They tried to overthrow the Jordanian government.
(d) They murdered American captives.

14. How many educated Saudis under age 45 support bin Laden, according to Baer?
(a) 25%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 95%.

15. How are Alawite beliefs transmitted?
(a) Orally.
(b) By ecstatic visions.
(c) Through initiations.
(d) In writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't the CIA have information about the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s, according to Baer?

2. What does Baer say the Qatar government gave to Osama bin Laden?

3. Who is Danny Pearl?

4. What did Na'if blame Saudi problems on in 2002, according to Baer?

5. What did Baer work on in Beirut?

(see the answer keys)

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