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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 is Adnan Khashoggi?
(a) An opposition leader in Saudi Arabia.
(b) A Saudi wheeler-dealer.
(c) A military advisor in Saudi Arabia.
(d) An oil and energy advisor.

2. When did Bandar bin Sultan become Saudi ambassador to the U.S.?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1983.

3. What does Yuri offer to make the deal he is making more convincing?
(a) Bribes.
(b) Protection from organized crime.
(c) Missiles and launchers.
(d) Threats.

4. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?
(a) It has been corrupted by oil money.
(b) It is initiating a democracy in the Middle East.
(c) It will not be able to afford peace from terrorist attacks forever.
(d) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.

5. What does Baer say the person he met with in Paris do to impress his guests?
(a) Take the group up in his private jet.
(b) Provide drugs and guns for the group.
(c) Pay for the group.
(d) Threaten the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?

2. What does Baer say is the cost of Adnan Khashoggi's lifestyle?

3. What was Baer surprised by on his travels?

4. Where did the Saudi treasury reside in 1930, according to Baer?

5. What is Wahhabism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What anecdote does Baer say illustrates the standard of business in the Middle East?

2. How does Baer characterize smuggling into Saudi Arabia?

3. How does Baer characterize the process by which Saudis were granted United States visas?

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

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

6. In what way does Baer say his observations contradict the official United States statements about Saudi's anti-terrorism efforts?

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

8. What deal did Yuri propose?

9. How does Saudi Arabia use the oil market to maintain a stable relationship with the United States?

10. What would be the consequences of an attack on the Abqaiq complex, in Baer's opinion?

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