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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. Why did Abdallah make people nervous in Saudi Arabia?
(a) Americans were nervous that he would turn against his American allies.
(b) People in the royal family didn't know whether he would continue their stipends.
(c) People in the Muslim church were afraid that he would secularize Saudi society.
(d) Members of the Muslim Brotherhood were afraid that he would westernize Saudi society.

2. What does Baer say is the result of the growth in the Saudi royal family?
(a) Ineffectual attempts at reform.
(b) More crime.
(c) Secularization of society.
(d) Less corruption.

3. How does Baer describe the Saudi society?
(a) An advanced welfare state.
(b) A technocracy.
(c) A feudal aristocracy.
(d) A monarchy.

4. What does Baer say the United States government convinced Saudi Arabia to do during the Gulf War?
(a) Institute democratic elections.
(b) Contribute billions of dollars.
(c) Send weapons and troops.
(d) Reform corruptions in their society.

5. How does Baer characterize the American attitude to Saudi politics?
(a) They foster corruption because it keeps oil prices stable.
(b) They don't care as long as they get oil.
(c) They press for reforms at every opportunity.
(d) They are highly concerned about human rights abuses and undemocratic practices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baer says Saudis are educated in ____________.

2. When did Osama bin Laden discover the Muslim Brotherhood?

3. What does a Congressional Research Service study say would happen if the United States took over Saudi Arabia's oil fields?

4. Whose intelligence reports described the supporters of the Chechen rebels, according to Baer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Baer's feeling about the CIA's interest in terrorism?

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

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

6. How does Baer describe his night in Uzbekistan?

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

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

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

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

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