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

2. Where is Caesarea?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Syria.

3. When did oil development begin in Kirkuk?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1902.

4. What is Robert Baer's thesis about the Saudi royal family?
(a) It will not be able to afford peace from terrorist attacks forever.
(b) It has been corrupted by oil money.
(c) It is fueling terrorism in other parts of the Middle East.
(d) It is initiating a democracy in the Middle East.

5. What is the Carlyle Group?
(a) A group of American military advisors.
(b) A group of Saudi petroleum engineers.
(c) A group of American investors.
(d) A group of American ideologues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action of Minister Na'if's surprised Robert Baer after the attack at the United States barracks in Khobar?

2. Why is Robert Baer meeting Yuri?

3. Where was the first Middle East oil well drilled?

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

5. How old was Bandar bin Sultan when he became Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Baer fish for in his conversation with Yuri, and what was Yuri's response?

2. Who are the Wahhabis, and what is their role in Saudi culture?

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

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

5. How does Baer characterize the effect of oil money on the Saudi royal family?

6. 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?

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

8. How does Baer characterize Adnan Khashoggi?

9. What makes the Abqaiq crude oil complex vulnerable to terrorist attacks, according to Baer?

10. What simile does Baer say describes the relationship between the United States and Saudi money?

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