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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 is the Saudi royal family's relationship with the International Islamic Relief Organization?
(a) They are donors to it.
(b) They are hostile to it.
(c) They are owned by it.
(d) They control it.

2. What is the problem of the Saudi economy?
(a) It cannot absorb the working-age population.
(b) It is growing too quickly for its population.
(c) There are not enough managers and technicians.
(d) There are not enough tradesmen.

3. What plot does Baer say he passed along to the CIA?
(a) To blow up airplanes.
(b) To attack U.S. embassies abroad.
(c) To kill Crown Prince Abdallah.
(d) To kidnap the black prince.

4. How does Baer characterize the United States government's response to his warnings about Islamic extremists?
(a) He was warned away from the topic.
(b) He was given more resources.
(c) He was promoted.
(d) He was ignored.

5. Baer says the United States created this political situation in Saudi Arabia with ______________.
(a) Its need to support Israel.
(b) Its need to export democracy.
(c) Its need for oil.
(d) Its need to enforce stability in the Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baer say American arms are delivered to Saudi Arabia?

2. Who was sponsoring the Chechen training camps?

3. Why was the Muslim Brotherhood banned?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Muslim Brotherhood, and what is their role in the Middle East?

2. Who is Danny Pearl, and what happened to him?

3. What was the CIA's interest in the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Baer?

4. What does Baer say is the effect of the Wahhabi government on Saudi culture?

5. What is the role of it International Islamic Relief Organization in the Middle East?

6. How does Baer say that the Middle East nations responded to the Muslim Brotherhood?

7. How does Baer describe the importance of American arms in Saudi Arabia?

8. What does Baer say about Russia's problems with the Muslim Brotherhood?

9. What terrorist attack followed the Boeing deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia?

10. What problem was Saudi Arabia faced with when King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995?

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