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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 Abdallah wanted to do with regard to the money from Yamama and from the Two Holy Mosques projects?

2. Who are the Alawites in Jordan?

3. Why didn't the CIA have information about the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s, according to Baer?

4. Where did Baer work with Zuhagr Shawish?

5. What was Baer looking into there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Baer describe the importance of American arms in Saudi Arabia?

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

3. How does Baer describe his night in Uzbekistan?

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

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

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

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

8. According to Baer, what is the United States policy in the Middle East?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the tension between reform and corruption in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. How do these forces balance without turning to physical violence? How do the different parties in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries prevent hostilities turning violent? What compromises and accommodations do they make?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the U.S. and Saudi Arabia based on the information Baer presents. How are they similar? How are they different? Does money buy power the same way in either country? Is fundamentalist religion equally important in either country? What are the key differences between the two countries?

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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