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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was sponsoring the Chechen training camps?
(a) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) Asad.
(c) King Fahd.
(d) Russia.

4. Who is Danny Pearl?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A U.S. hostage in Pakistan.
(c) Baer's superior.
(d) A CIA operative.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 found the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
(c) The U.S. would have invaded Jordan.
(d) Sanctions would have been imposed on countries that harbored the Muslim Brotherhood.

11. How does the Saudi government rule?
(a) By oppressing the people, and directing their anger against the West.
(b) By suppressing all dissent and repressing free speech.
(c) By letting the market determine the political climate.
(d) By pandering to the people with entitlement programs.

12. Where did Baer go after leaving the CIA?
(a) Amman.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Kandahar.

13. What did Asad do when the Muslim Brotherhood tried to have him killed?
(a) He went into exile.
(b) He killed Muslim Brothers in Jordanian prisons.
(c) He stepped down.
(d) He waged war on the Muslim Brotherhood.

14. What did the Muslim Brotherhood try to do to Asad in 1973?
(a) Overthrow him.
(b) Install him in power.
(c) Have him exiled.
(d) Assassinate him.

15. When was the Muslim Brotherhood founded?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Alawites in Jordan?

2. Who is Jamal Hamdan?

3. What is the problem of the Saudi economy?

4. Where was Baer guarded by militiamen because of the danger?

5. Baer says the commissions from the Boeing sale of aircraft to Saudi Arabia were used for __________.

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