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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. Who does Baer say benefited from Bandar bin Sultan' charitable giving?
(a) Organizations that sponsor cancer research.
(b) Organizations that helped 9/11 attackers.
(c) Organizations that sponsor international terrorism.
(d) Organizations that negotiate joint military actions.

2. How does Baer characterize Saudi Arabia's per-capita spending on arms?
(a) Second to the U.S.
(b) Second highest in the Middle East behind Israel.
(c) Highest in the world.
(d) Highest in the Middle East.

3. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?
(a) America would not be affected.
(b) America would lose one third of its oil.
(c) America would lose almost all of its imported oil.
(d) America would have to change to a diesel economy.

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

5. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?
(a) Extra security.
(b) Cash.
(c) Bribe money.
(d) Leverage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say the Saudi rulers are targets for?

2. How much of the world's supply of oil is produced in Saudi Arabia?

3. How does Baer characterize the Abqaiq crude oil complex?

4. What does Yuri tell Robert Baer when Baer asks for weapons for Saudi Arabian delivery?

5. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the context for Baer's first sight of Bandar bin Sultan's estate in Washington D.C.?

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

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

4. How does Baer characterize smuggling into Saudi Arabia?

5. How does Baer describe the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia after 9/11/2001?

6. Who is Yuri and when and where did Baer meet him?

7. What is the relationship between Baer's assessment of Saudi Arabia and the official United States assessment?

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

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

10. What was Baer's business with Yuri?

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