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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Russian occupation last, which had resulted in problems with Islamic fundamentalism?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 17 years.

2. How are Alawite beliefs transmitted?
(a) Through initiations.
(b) Orally.
(c) By ecstatic visions.
(d) In writing.

3. What do Muslims feel about the Alawites, according to Baer?
(a) They are the most elevated Muslims.
(b) They are not true Muslims.
(c) They are usurpers.
(d) They are heirs to Mohammed.

4. How does Baer characterize the American attitude to Saudi politics?
(a) They are highly concerned about human rights abuses and undemocratic practices.
(b) They don't care as long as they get oil.
(c) They foster corruption because it keeps oil prices stable.
(d) They press for reforms at every opportunity.

5. Whom did Baer suggest as a good role model for a strategy for governing in the Middle East?
(a) Crown Prince Abdallah.
(b) Saddam Hussein.
(c) King Fahd.
(d) Asad of Syria.

6. Who was sponsoring the Chechen training camps?
(a) King Fahd.
(b) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(c) Russia.
(d) Asad.

7. Who is Jamal Hamdan?
(a) An opposition leader.
(b) A hostage.
(c) An informant.
(d) A militant.

8. What was the outcome when Abdallah suggested his play to Fahd?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) His suggestions were accepted.
(c) He was denied.
(d) He was exiled.

9. How does the Saudi government rule?
(a) By pandering to the people with entitlement programs.
(b) By letting the market determine the political climate.
(c) By suppressing all dissent and repressing free speech.
(d) By oppressing the people, and directing their anger against the West.

10. How does Baer say Saudi Arabia reacted after a car bomb went off in a United States training facility in Riyadh?
(a) They captured all but one of the suspects' families.
(b) They prevented United States investigators from making any investigation.
(c) They executed four men before United States investigators could talk to them.
(d) They traced the explosives to the Saudi army and rooted out the perpetrators.

11. Baer says the commissions from the Boeing sale of aircraft to Saudi Arabia were used for __________.
(a) Bribes.
(b) Saudi Arabia's socialized healthcare system.
(c) Upgrades and infrastructure improvemenhe explosives to the Saudi army, and rootts.
(d) Overhead for the purchasing agents.

12. What did Asad do when the Muslim Brotherhood tried to have him killed?
(a) He went into exile.
(b) He killed Muslim Brothers in Jordanian prisons.
(c) He waged war on the Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) He stepped down.

13. What rumor did Baer get wind of in Iraq?
(a) Iraq was planning to invade Kuwait.
(b) Iraq was planning a war with Iran.
(c) Iraq was building a nuclear weapon.
(d) Iraq was buying nuclear technology.

14. Baer says Namangan is known as ___________.
(a) The center of Central Asian gas production.
(b) The heart of a new, oil-supported aristocracy.
(c) The heart of international terrorism.
(d) The center of Islamic fundamentalism.

15. How many educated Saudis under age 45 support bin Laden, according to Baer?
(a) 50%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 95%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baer say is the result of the growth in the Saudi royal family?

2. Who was killed in Tashkent, in Baer's account?

3. What does Baer say Abdallah wanted to do with regard to the money from Yamama and from the Two Holy Mosques projects?

4. What did Abdallah want to do when he became the leader?

5. When did Osama bin Laden discover the Muslim Brotherhood?

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