View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Baer characterize the delivery of United States arms to Saudi Arabia?
(a) Illegal.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Irregular.
(d) Routine.

4. When was Baer in Jordan?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1989.

5. Who is Asad?
(a) The Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
(b) Head of State in Jordan.
(c) An opposition leader in India.
(d) A military attaché from Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Khalid Sheikh Muhammad meet Osama bin Laden?

2. Who was killed in Tashkent, in Baer's account?

3. How many educated Saudis under age 45 support bin Laden, according to Baer?

4. What did Asad do when the Muslim Brotherhood tried to have him killed?

5. What rumor did Baer get wind of in Iraq?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the CIA's interest in the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Baer?

2. How does Baer say the United States influenced Saudi culture?

3. What changes did Crown Prince Abdallah try to make in Saudi culture?

4. How does Baer characterize America's attitude to Saudi politics?

5. What does Baer say was the difference between King Fahd and his son in terms of governing philosophy?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Khalid Sheikh Muhammad's biography, as Baer narrates it.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 798 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample