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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 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) Sanctions would have been imposed on countries that harbored the Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) The U.S. would have invaded Jordan.

2. Who was killed in Tashkent, in Baer's account?
(a) Russian guards.
(b) Saudi princes.
(c) American hostages.
(d) Islamic moujahidin.

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

4. Who is Khalid?
(a) Baer's Arabic tutor.
(b) Baer's Jordanian informant.
(c) A Muslim Brother.
(d) An opposition leader in Saudi Arabia.

5. What did Na'if blame Saudi problems on in 2002, according to Baer?
(a) America.
(b) Radical Islam.
(c) Secularization.
(d) The Muslim Brotherhood.

6. What does Baer say was the commission rate for Boeing's sale of aircraft to Saudi Arabia?
(a) 10-12%.
(b) 6-8%.
(c) 3-4%.
(d) 8-10%.

7. Whose intelligence reports described the supporters of the Chechen rebels, according to Baer?
(a) Russia's.
(b) Saudi Arabia's.
(c) America's.
(d) Jordans.

8. What does Baer say was the CIA's response?
(a) He says that they were interested, but his report got misplaced.
(b) He says that they took their time in opening investigations into his information.
(c) He says they opened investigations but couldn't replicate his findings.
(d) He says that they weren't interested.

9. What was the outcome when Abdallah suggested his play to Fahd?
(a) He was denied.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He was exiled.
(d) His suggestions were accepted.

10. Who is protecting the status quo in Saudi Arabia?
(a) The Saudi people.
(b) The Saudi royal family.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Terrorists.

11. 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.

12. Who is Jamal Hamdan?
(a) A hostage.
(b) An informant.
(c) An opposition leader.
(d) A militant.

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

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

15. Whose government does Baer say he thought people were planning to overthrow?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Qatar.
(c) Syria.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Baer go after leaving the CIA?

2. Who is Danny Pearl?

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

4. Who was sponsoring the Chechen training camps?

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

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