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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Circling the Drain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Baer characterize the Saudi government in the period after 9/11?
(a) Uncooperative.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Gracious.

2. How does Baer characterize the Saudi royal family under King Fahd?
(a) Philanthropic.
(b) Militant.
(c) Corrupt.
(d) Efficient.

3. Where does Baer get this information about Abqaiq?
(a) A Reagan-era study.
(b) A Clinton-era study.
(c) Interviews.
(d) A Nixon-era study.

4. What does Baer say the United States began to discover after 9/11?
(a) Bin Laden was supported by the Saudi royal family.
(b) Saudi Arabia was not a trusted ally.
(c) Saudis had funded the 9/11 attack.
(d) Bin Laden had freely visited relatives in Saudi Arabia.

5. What would the effect of a stoppage of the Abqaiq facility mean for the American economy?
(a) America would lose almost all of its imported oil.
(b) America would have to change to a diesel economy.
(c) America would not be affected.
(d) America would lose one third of its oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes smuggling into Saudi Arabia easy, according to Robert Baer?

2. Who provides for Saudi Arabia's external defense?

3. Whose oil is Yuri interested in?

4. Where is Caesarea?

5. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?

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