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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Guess Who Came to Dinner.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the United States State Department shield Saudi Arabia from, according to Baer?
(a) Attacks on human rights abuses.
(b) Political instability.
(c) Terrorist attacks.
(d) Monetary instability.

2. Why is this oil difficult to procure?
(a) Domestic instability.
(b) Price instability.
(c) United Nations sanctions.
(d) Terrorist attacks.

3. What does Baer say is the Arab way with Washington D.C.?
(a) To build strong relationships by praying together.
(b) To offer the best value for American investors.
(c) To buy influence.
(d) To build mutually beneficial business strategies.

4. Whom does Baer say he met at the Paris Ritz hotel?
(a) Adnan Khashoggi.
(b) George H. W. Bush.
(c) The Kuwaiti petroleum minister.
(d) Osama bin Laden.

5. What did Baer find when he was assigned to the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center?
(a) A treasure trove of information about the Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) Extensive ties to Muslim fundamentalists.
(c) Very little information about Sunni fundamentalists.
(d) Pervasive radicalization of the Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom were the Saudi oil fields originally leased?

2. What does Baer say Saudi money supports in the U.S.?

3. When did the Saudi financial situation change, according to Baer?

4. Whom does Baer say the Saudi government aided?

5. What does Baer say might have happened if the Muslim Brotherhood had been treated as an international organization?

(see the answer key)

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