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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of writing this book, Saudi Arabia had produced how many barrels of oil in the past 17 years?
(a) 46 billion.
(b) 42 billion.
(c) 38 billion.
(d) 34 billion.

2. Where was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?
(a) Bahrain.
(b) Iran.
(c) Dubai.
(d) Iraq.

3. Water produced by oil drilling is approximately how much larger than the amount of oil produced?
(a) Four times.
(b) Six times.
(c) Five times.
(d) Three times.

4. When was the first significant oil find in the Middle East?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1938.

5. When Saudi Arabia entered the world of oil production, it was __________ to generate.
(a) Expensive.
(b) Easy.
(c) Inexpensive.
(d) Difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Prudhoe Bay?

2. When the United States's oil production declined, who stepped in to become the world's leading oil producer?

3. Who secured the first prospecting right in Saudi Arabia?

4. Saudi Arabia, because the oil now is less pure, invests a lot of money in what?

5. What type of zones are found in all three of the super-giant reservoirs in Saudi Arabia?

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