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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baer say the Saudi royal princes supplement their royal allowances?
(a) Entrepreneurship.
(b) Criminal activities.
(c) American investments.
(d) Business ventures.

2. How many working wells are there in Saudi Arabia?
(a) More than 7,000.
(b) More than 5,000.
(c) More than 1,000.
(d) Fewer than 1,000.

3. Who is Victor Bout?
(a) An anti-terrorism expert.
(b) An oil contractor.
(c) A terrorist leader.
(d) A supplier who supplied Bin Laden with arms.

4. Why is Robert Baer meeting Yuri?
(a) To smuggle weapons.
(b) To investigate charges of corruption in the oil business.
(c) To propose an oil contract.
(d) To thwart a terrorist attack on oil sites.

5. When was Saudi Arabia determined to be of vital interest to the U.S.?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?

2. Baer compares Washington D.C. officials to ___________.

3. Whose oil is Yuri interested in?

4. Where did Baer travel in 1994?

5. Why are the cylindrical towers for hydrodesulfurization vulnerabilities to the Abqaiq site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Baer fish for in his conversation with Yuri, and what was Yuri's response?

2. How does Baer characterize smuggling into Saudi Arabia?

3. How does Baer characterize the royal family under King Fahd?

4. What are the important dated Baer cites in the development of Middle East oil?

5. How does Baer characterize the effect of oil money on the Saudi royal family?

6. Who are the Wahhabis, and what is their role in Saudi culture?

7. What threats of violence does Baer describe in Saudi Arabia?

8. What parts of Bandar bin Sultan's career does Baer describe?

9. What other vulnerabilities does Baer describe in the Saudi oil system?

10. How does Baer describe Bandar bin Sultan and his wife's social activities in Washington D.C.?

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