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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. Where did Baer work with Zuhagr Shawish?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Beirut.

2. Whom did Baer suggest as a good role model for a strategy for governing in the Middle East?
(a) Asad of Syria.
(b) Saddam Hussein.
(c) King Fahd.
(d) Crown Prince Abdallah.

3. What did Na'if blame Saudi problems on in 2002, according to Baer?
(a) America.
(b) Radical Islam.
(c) Secularization.
(d) The Muslim Brotherhood.

4. Whose intelligence reports described the supporters of the Chechen rebels, according to Baer?
(a) America's.
(b) Russia's.
(c) Jordans.
(d) Saudi Arabia's.

5. How does Baer characterize the Saudis?
(a) The biggest arms supplier in the Middle East.
(b) America's best weapons customer.
(c) America's partner in peace in the Middle East.
(d) The most democratic government in the Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Muslim Brotherhood's goal?

3. How does Baer describe the Saudi society?

4. What does Baer say is the result of the growth in the Saudi royal family?

5. Baer says Saudis are educated in ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baer say is the effect of the Wahhabi government on Saudi culture?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Baer describe the importance of American arms in Saudi Arabia?

8. How does Baer describe his night in Uzbekistan?

9. What problem was Saudi Arabia faced with when King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995?

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

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