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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Baer work on in Beirut?
(a) Training counter-terrorist forces.
(b) The American hostage problem.
(c) Building infrastructure.
(d) Learning about the Muslim Brotherhood.

2. Where was Baer guarded by militiamen because of the danger?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Russia.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Kyrgyzstan.

3. What did the United States try to bypass after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
(a) Russian middle men.
(b) The Russian oil pipeline.
(c) Islamic oil suppliers.
(d) Communist businesses.

4. What does Baer say might have happened if the Muslim Brotherhood had been treated as an international organization?
(a) 9/11 might have been prevented.
(b) The U.S. would have invaded Jordan.
(c) The U.S. would have found the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
(d) Sanctions would have been imposed on countries that harbored the Muslim Brotherhood.

5. What does Baer say is the result of the growth in the Saudi royal family?
(a) Ineffectual attempts at reform.
(b) Secularization of society.
(c) Less corruption.
(d) More crime.

6. How does Baer say American arms are delivered to Saudi Arabia?
(a) As kickbacks.
(b) As gifts.
(c) As exports.
(d) As bribes.

7. What rumor did Baer get wind of in Iraq?
(a) Iraq was building a nuclear weapon.
(b) Iraq was planning to invade Kuwait.
(c) Iraq was buying nuclear technology.
(d) Iraq was planning a war with Iran.

8. What position did Khalid hold in Khartoum when Baer met him there?
(a) Informant.
(b) President.
(c) Militant.
(d) Judge.

9. What did Baer find when he was assigned to the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center?
(a) Extensive ties to Muslim fundamentalists.
(b) Pervasive radicalization of the Middle East.
(c) A treasure trove of information about the Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) Very little information about Sunni fundamentalists.

10. Whom did Baer suggest as a good role model for a strategy for governing in the Middle East?
(a) King Fahd.
(b) Asad of Syria.
(c) Crown Prince Abdallah.
(d) Saddam Hussein.

11. Why does Baer say the Saudi royal family hasn't taken this step?
(a) People hate the West too much.
(b) There is too much division.
(c) The status quo benefits too many people.
(d) There is too much corruption.

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

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

14. What is the problem of the Saudi economy?
(a) There are not enough tradesmen.
(b) There are not enough managers and technicians.
(c) It is growing too quickly for its population.
(d) It cannot absorb the working-age population.

15. What does Baer say the Saudis buy with American oil money?
(a) American weapons.
(b) American real estate.
(c) European luxury goods.
(d) American politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say would result from free elections in Saudi Arabia?

2. How many educated Saudis under age 45 support bin Laden, according to Baer?

3. What did the Muslim Brotherhood try to do to Asad in 1973?

4. What does Baer say happened after King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995?

5. How does Baer characterize the United States government's response to his warnings about Islamic extremists?

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