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

2. How does Baer characterize the Saudi government in the period after 9/11?
(a) Gracious.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Uncooperative.

3. Why is this oil difficult to procure?
(a) Price instability.
(b) Domestic instability.
(c) United Nations sanctions.
(d) Terrorist attacks.

4. Where is Kirkuk?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Western Afghanistan.
(c) Northern Iraq.
(d) India.

5. When was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?

2. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?

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

4. What Pakistani project did the Saudi government support with more than $1 billion in aid?

5. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Saudi Arabia an area of strategic importance for the United States?

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

3. What deal did Yuri propose?

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

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

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

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

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

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