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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baer say was George H. W. Bush's relationship with the Carlyle Group?
(a) CEO.
(b) Advisor.
(c) Political ambassador.
(d) Founder.

2. What was Bandar bin Sultan's position before he was the Saudi ambassador to the United States?
(a) Actor.
(b) Exporter.
(c) Oil geologist.
(d) Military attaché.

3. When was the first Middle East oil well drilled?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1875.

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

5. What does Baer say is the cost of Adnan Khashoggi's lifestyle?
(a) $15,000 week.
(b) $100,000 a week.
(c) $50,000 a year.
(d) $50,000 a day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Kirkuk?

3. What does Baer say the Saudi rulers are targets for?

4. What does Baer say Saudis believe about Americans?

5. Who is Yuri?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Baer's assessment of Saudi Arabia and the official United States assessment?

2. What threats of violence does Baer describe in Saudi Arabia?

3. What other vulnerabilities does Baer describe in the Saudi oil system?

4. How does Baer characterize the royal family under King Fahd?

5. What parts of Bandar bin Sultan's career does Baer describe?

6. What was the context for Baer's first sight of Bandar bin Sultan's estate in Washington D.C.?

7. In what way does Baer say his observations contradict the official United States statements about Saudi's anti-terrorism efforts?

8. How does Baer characterize Adnan Khashoggi?

9. Who is Yuri and when and where did Baer meet him?

10. What aspect of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States around the time of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, does Baer describe?

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