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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?
(a) "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani
(b) Crown Prince Fahd
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) The Shah of Iran

2. From 1985 to 1990, who was the world's largest purchaser of conventional arms?
(a) Russia
(b) Iraq
(c) China
(d) The United States

3. OPEC lifted the embargo in what year?
(a) 1983
(b) 1974
(c) 1998
(d) 1952

4. The summer of 1990 was marked by euphoria over the end of what?
(a) The Cold War
(b) The Gulf War
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) The Iraqi War

5. In 1960 Jersey cut prices by what percent, with competitors following suit, with little enthusiasm but considerable alarm?
(a) 7 percent
(b) 33 percent
(c) 1 percent
(d) 40 percent

6. Permanent oil platforms had to withstand waves that were how high?
(a) 45 feet
(b) 90 feet
(c) 60 feet
(d) 20 feet

7. What is a giant oil field called?
(a) T-Rex
(b) Elephant
(c) Roman Empire
(d) Big Dipper

8. Who used radio to mobilize Arab nationalism and stir up the whole Third World?
(a) Saddam Hussein
(b) Gamal Abedel Nasser
(c) King Farouk
(d) Ali Razmara

9. Who was put in charge of the Iranian National Oil Company?
(a) Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
(b) Mehdi Bazargan
(c) Ali Razmara
(d) Sir William Fraser

10. Who delivered the first-ever presidential address on energy in the United States?
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) George Bush

11. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) Israel
(b) Iran
(c) Kuwait
(d) India

12. What was central in the rise of Arab nationalism?
(a) Western culture
(b) Oil
(c) The Shah of Iraq
(d) The attack on Egypt

13. Who succeeded Nasser in 1970?
(a) Leonid Brezhnev
(b) Hafez al-Assad
(c) Golda Meir
(d) Anwar Sadat

14. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?
(a) Decreased by 10 percent
(b) Remained the same
(c) Doubled
(d) Fell sharply

15. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was placed in control of what country?
(a) Israel
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Syria
(d) Iran

Short Answer Questions

1. The US sold arms to which country in an effort to win freedom for American hostages in Lebanon?

2. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?

3. How many days were the hostages held?

4. Who undercut Middle Eastern oil?

5. The "Arab oil embargo" consisted of what?

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