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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 is the problem of the Saudi economy?
2. How are Alawite beliefs transmitted?
3. What rumor did Baer get wind of in Iraq?
4. Baer says the United States created this political situation in Saudi Arabia with ______________.
5. What was Baer's position in Iraq?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Baer's feeling about the CIA's interest in terrorism?
2. How has oil wealth affected the size of the Saudi royal family, in Baer's opinion?
3. What does Baer say about Russia's problems with the Muslim Brotherhood?
4. How does Baer characterize America's attitude to Saudi politics?
5. According to Baer, what is the United States policy in the Middle East?
6. How did the fall of the Soviet Union change the importance of the Middle East for America?
7. What is the role of it International Islamic Relief Organization in the Middle East?
8. What was the second event that convinced Baer that the CIA was out of touch with what was happening in the Middle East?
9. What does Baer say was the difference between King Fahd and his son in terms of governing philosophy?
10. What changes did Crown Prince Abdallah try to make in Saudi culture?
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
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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