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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. What does Baer say the United States government had not performed before the Saudis were admitted to the country?

2. What does Baer say the Saudis who participated in the World Trade Center attack have in common?

3. To what organizations does Bandar bin Sultan donate heavily?

4. What does Baer say the person he met with in Paris do to impress his guests?

5. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Wahhabis, and what is their role in Saudi culture?

2. What is the relationship between Baer's assessment of Saudi Arabia and the official United States assessment?

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

4. In what way does Baer say his observations contradict the official United States statements about Saudi's anti-terrorism efforts?

5. How does Baer characterize Adnan Khashoggi?

6. How does Baer characterize smuggling into Saudi Arabia?

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

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

9. How does Baer characterize the royal family under King Fahd?

10. What was the context for Baer's first sight of Bandar bin Sultan's estate in Washington D.C.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the biggest problem with 'Sleeping with the Devil'? Describe the different aspects of the book that could be described as flaws. Make an argument for one of them as the biggest problem.

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

What are the key contradictions at the heart of the United States' involvement in the Middle East? What balances are struck between opposing trends or movements? For instance, how does the United States' desire for democracy in the Middle East apparently balance the United States' willingness to let countries like Saudi Arabia fund terrorist states?

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