2. What does Baer say is Bandar bin Sultan's position in Washington D.C.?
(a) One of the most corrupt.
(b) One of the most compassionate.
(c) One of the most dangerous.
(d) One of the most influential.

3. Which nation holds the largest reserves of oil in the world?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

4. Why are the cylindrical towers for hydrodesulfurization vulnerabilities to the Abqaiq site?
(a) The towers are built on a slip fault.
(b) The towers are close to residential areas.
(c) Sulfur dioxide gas would be poisonous and corrosive.
(d) They cannot be repaired without stopping oil production for a year.

5. Who provides for Saudi Arabia's external defense?
(a) Israel.
(b) The U.S.
(c) The Arab League.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?

2. What does the State Department proclaim about Saudi Arabia, in Baer's account?

3. What does Baer say the person he met with in Paris do to impress his guests?

4. Where did Baer travel in 1994?

5. What did Adnan Khashoggi allegedly leave in Nixon's residence after Nixon's election?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the Abqaiq crude oil complex vulnerable to terrorist attacks, according to Baer?

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

3. How does Baer characterize Adnan Khashoggi?

4. What aspect of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States around the time of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, does Baer describe?

5. What was Baer's business with Yuri?

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

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

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

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

10. What protection does Baer say the United States government offers the Saudis?

(see the answer keys)

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