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

2. How many educated Saudis under age 45 support bin Laden, according to Baer?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 70%.

3. Whose government does Baer say he thought people were planning to overthrow?
(a) Qatar.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Egypt.

4. Who was blamed for the killings in Tashkent?
(a) America.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) Russia.

5. When did Osama bin Laden discover the Muslim Brotherhood?
(a) Childhood.
(b) During the war in Afghanistan.
(c) College.
(d) During the seven days' war in Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Muslim Brotherhood try to do to Asad in 1973?

2. What happened to the Muslim Brotherhood after reprisals following an assassination attempt in 1954?

3. What was Baer's feeling about the CIA when he left?

4. Where was Khalid Sheikh Muhammad born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information did Baer pass along to the CIA that the CIA was not interested in pursuing?

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

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

5. How does Baer describe his night in Uzbekistan?

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

7. Who is the Muslim Brotherhood, and what is their role in the Middle East?

8. How has oil wealth affected the size of the Saudi royal family, in Baer's opinion?

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

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

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