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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. Which U.S. President supported the creation of the State of Israel?

2. The science of oil discovery and production is what?

3. Since when has Ghawar been yielding the bulk of Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

4. Simmons uses technical papers written for whom?

5. Without any significant new discoveries, Saudi Arabia will lose what percentage of its oil production when Ghawar closes down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if Saudi Arabia runs out of natural gas?

2. What contradicts the claim that the government of Saudi Arabia is limiting the exploration for oil in their country?

3. Why is using water to help maintain pressure in wells a curse?

4. Why are the odds of discovering another giant oil field in Saudi Arabia slim?

5. What does Simmons claim is happening to Saudi Arabia's oil supplies?

6. In order to be optimistic about the future of oil in Saudi Arabia, what are some of the assumptions one must hold?

7. What are appraisal wells and why are they not drilled frequently?

8. What does the Senate Subcommittee on International Economic Policy's report on Ghawar conclude?

9. What has happened to oil fields that are similar, geographically and geologically, to Saudi Arabia's oil fields?

10. When and why did the Middle East become associated with oil production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using evidence from the book to support your answer, what indications are given to show that Saudi Arabian oil production is slowing down?

Essay Topic 2

Is this book a history book, a current events book, or a non-fiction novel? Why? What characterizes each of these genres, and what characteristics does this book have that place it into one of those genres?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process of finding and recovering oil. Why is the process of oil recovery important to the author's argument? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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