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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Baer say benefited from Bandar bin Sultan' charitable giving?

2. When was Saudi Arabia determined to be of vital interest to the U.S.?

3. What did the House of Sa'ud build in the 1970s, according to Baer?

4. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?

5. What does Baer say was the United States State Department's reaction to the Saudi support in Pakistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baer describe Bandar bin Sultan and his wife's social activities in Washington D.C.?

2. What other vulnerabilities does Baer describe in the Saudi oil system?

3. What was Baer's business with Yuri?

4. How does Baer describe the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia after 9/11/2001?

5. What protection does Baer say the United States government offers the Saudis?

6. What would be the consequences of an attack on the Abqaiq complex, in Baer's opinion?

7. Who is Yuri and when and where did Baer meet him?

8. What makes the Abqaiq crude oil complex vulnerable to terrorist attacks, according to Baer?

9. How does Baer characterize the effect of oil money on the Saudi royal family?

10. What simile does Baer say describes the relationship between the United States and Saudi money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of 'Sleeping With the Devil.' Did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

How has the situation in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East changed since Baer wrote 'Sleeping with the Devil'? What does the death of Osama bin Laden do to the tensions in the Middle East? What does the shift of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan do to his observations? What do the changes in the oil market--with oil reaching $100 a barrel in 2008--do to his observations? Do these phenomena bear his idea out, or do they contradict him?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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