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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 does a Congressional Research Service study say would happen if the United States took over Saudi Arabia's oil fields?
(a) The United States would enflame regional tensions and instigate regional hostilities.
(b) The United States would be able to stabilize the world market for oil.
(c) Russia and China would fight them.
(d) The United States would look bad in front of the world.

2. Why is this person a good role model?
(a) He instituted democratic reforms.
(b) He weaned his country off petrodollars.
(c) He protected his country's independence from the oil economy.
(d) He cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood.

3. Why didn't the CIA have information about the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s, according to Baer?
(a) They were more concerned about communism.
(b) Their informants were all killed.
(c) They were not aware of the group's existence.
(d) They could not penetrate the Muslim Brotherhood with spies.

4. What does Baer say Abdallah wanted to do with regard to the money from Yamama and from the Two Holy Mosques projects?
(a) Use them to pay for infrastructure and job training programs.
(b) Bring them under Treasury control.
(c) Use them to buy luxuries.
(d) Open the projects up for competitive bidding.

5. When was the Muslim Brotherhood founded?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baer say American arms are delivered to Saudi Arabia?

2. How does Baer characterize America's relationship with Saudi Arabia?

3. What is the Saudi royal family's relationship with the International Islamic Relief Organization?

4. Where was Khalid Sheikh Muhammad born?

5. How does Baer characterize the United States government's response to his warnings about Islamic extremists?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first event that convinced Baer that the CIA was out of touch with what was happening in the Middle East?

2. What does Baer say is the flaw in the United States policy in Saudi Arabia?

3. How does Baer say that the Middle East nations responded to the Muslim Brotherhood?

4. Who is Khalid, and what is his role in Baer's tale?

5. What does Baer say is the greatest force preserving the status quo in Saudi Arabia?

6. What does Baer say about Russia's problems with the Muslim Brotherhood?

7. What terrorist attack followed the Boeing deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia?

8. What is the role of it International Islamic Relief Organization in the Middle East?

9. What does Baer say would have been different if the CIA had taken a different strategy on radical Islam?

10. How did the fall of the Soviet Union change the importance of the Middle East for America?

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