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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Baer say the black prince's family told him when he talked to them after the black prince was kidnapped?
(a) They had been harassed by the FBI.
(b) They had been sworn to silence by the FBI.
(c) They had been threatened by the kidnappers.
(d) The FBI had kidnapped the black prince.

3. Where did Khalid Sheikh Muhammad meet Osama bin Laden?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Israel.

4. How long did the Russian occupation last, which had resulted in problems with Islamic fundamentalism?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 17 years.

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

6. Baer says Saudis are educated in ____________.
(a) Practical trades.
(b) Islam.
(c) Humanities and social sciences.
(d) Science and technology.

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

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

9. What did Abdallah want to do when he became the leader?
(a) Westernize Saudi society.
(b) Use the government for his own private benefit.
(c) Reform the Saudi government.
(d) Institute Shariah law.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How does Baer characterize the American attitude to Saudi politics?
(a) They don't care as long as they get oil.
(b) They are highly concerned about human rights abuses and undemocratic practices.
(c) They foster corruption because it keeps oil prices stable.
(d) They press for reforms at every opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Khalid Sheikh Muhammad born?

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

3. Why does Baer say the United States supports the Saudi government?

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

5. What was the Muslim Brotherhood's goal?

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