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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Saudi Arabia - Washington's 401(k) Plan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?
(a) He used to be a military planner.
(b) He used to study terrorism.
(c) He used to be a terrorist.
(d) He used to be in the CIA.

2. Why are the cylindrical towers for hydrodesulfurization vulnerabilities to the Abqaiq site?
(a) Sulfur dioxide gas would be poisonous and corrosive.
(b) The towers are close to residential areas.
(c) The towers are built on a slip fault.
(d) They cannot be repaired without stopping oil production for a year.

3. Who is Adnan Khashoggi?
(a) An oil and energy advisor.
(b) An opposition leader in Saudi Arabia.
(c) A military advisor in Saudi Arabia.
(d) A Saudi wheeler-dealer.

4. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?
(a) Cash.
(b) Leverage.
(c) Extra security.
(d) Bribe money.

5. Where does the oil at Abqaiq come from?
(a) Northern Saudi Arabia.
(b) Southern Saudi Arabia.
(c) The offshore wells.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say is the Arab way with Washington D.C.?

2. How does Baer characterize the Saudi government in the period after 9/11?

3. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?

4. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?

5. What does Yuri offer to make the deal he is making more convincing?

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