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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baer say the Saudis have done in order to buy influence in America?
(a) Pass up on oil profits.
(b) Sponsor terrorism.
(c) Create foreign unrest.
(d) Cash in on tight oil markets.

2. Whom does Baer say the Saudi government aided?
(a) Hamas.
(b) Al Qaeda.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Likud.

3. When was Robert Baer in Caesarea?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1969.
(c) 2009.
(d) 1998.

4. What does Baer say is tightly tied to the Saudi kingdom?
(a) Islamist terrorism.
(b) Al Qaeda.
(c) American counter-culture.
(d) Moderate Islamism.

5. Baer compares Washington D.C. officials to ___________.
(a) Pavlov's dogs.
(b) Termites.
(c) Tapeworms.
(d) Bank robbers.

6. Where was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Pakistan.

7. What does Baer say the person he met with in Paris do to impress his guests?
(a) Provide drugs and guns for the group.
(b) Pay for the group.
(c) Take the group up in his private jet.
(d) Threaten the group.

8. When was Saudi Arabia determined to be of vital interest to the U.S.?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1929.

9. Baer says Bandar bin Sultan is an expert in _____________.
(a) Military technology.
(b) Petroleum refining.
(c) Oil exploration.
(d) Public and private diplomacy.

10. What Pakistani project did the Saudi government support with more than $1 billion in aid?
(a) Nuclear bomb development.
(b) High-speed rail.
(c) A hydroelectric dam.
(d) Nuclear reactors for power plants.

11. How does Baer characterize Saudi society?
(a) Permissive.
(b) Open.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Repressive.

12. What does Baer say about Saudis who come to the United States?
(a) They typically do not meet requirements for their visas.
(b) They typically come to the United States on student visas, and then stay illegally.
(c) They are difficult to track and often come to the United States illegally.
(d) They are the ideal foreigners to have in the country because they often have money to support themselves.

13. What does Baer say the Saudis who participated in the World Trade Center attack have in common?
(a) They were all in the country on student visas.
(b) They were all in the country illegally.
(c) They were all in the country legitimately.
(d) They had not met requirements for their visas.

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

15. How many Saudis participated in the World Trade Center attacks?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the State Department proclaim about Saudi Arabia, in Baer's account?

2. What is the Carlyle Group?

3. What are Robert Baer's credentials to be discussing oil vulnerabilities?

4. How does Baer say the Saudi royal princes supplement their royal allowances?

5. Who is Victor Bout?

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