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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 makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?
2. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?
3. When did oil development begin in Kirkuk?
4. Who is Yuri?
5. Who is Adnan Khashoggi?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspect of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States around the time of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, does Baer describe?
2. What would be the consequences of an attack on the Abqaiq complex, in Baer's opinion?
3. What makes the Abqaiq crude oil complex vulnerable to terrorist attacks, according to Baer?
4. How does Baer describe Bandar bin Sultan and his wife's social activities in Washington D.C.?
5. What was Baer's business with Yuri?
6. What is the relationship between Baer's assessment of Saudi Arabia and the official United States assessment?
7. How does Saudi Arabia use the oil market to maintain a stable relationship with the United States?
8. How does Baer characterize the royal family under King Fahd?
9. What are the important dated Baer cites in the development of Middle East oil?
10. What anecdote does Baer say illustrates the standard of business in the Middle East?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where does terrorism rank among the threats to world security in Baer's view? What greater threats are there? What other threats are comparable to terrorism? How does Baer approach these other problems? Are his insights and observations equally useful in other areas beside terrorism?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is the genre of 'Sleeping with the Devil'? Is it a history, which describes a region and its background? Is it a position paper? Is it an apologia? Is it an indictment? What aspects of 'Sleeping with the Devil' fit in different genres, and which genre does 'Sleeping with the Devil' primarily belong to?
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