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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of aid does Baer say the Saudis gave Afghanistan and Pakistan?

3. What did the House of Sa'ud build in the 1970s, according to Baer?

4. What does Baer say is tightly tied to the Saudi kingdom?

5. What will Baer need in order to arrange the deal he proposes to Yuri?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saudi Arabia use the oil market to maintain a stable relationship with the United States?

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

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

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

5. What anecdote does Baer say illustrates the standard of business in the Middle East?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What deal did Yuri propose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize American foreign policy in the Middle East if the situation Baer describes in 'Sleeping with the Devil' is not a side-effect of neglect but an actual, deliberate policy? What if the reality on the ground is in fact the American foreign policy? What does that tell us about the ability of American foreign policy planners to create stable democratic states--or states of other stripes or colors?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the case for democracy in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East based on Baer's observations. What are the main challenges to democracy in the Middle East? What are the benefits it might offer? What problems might democracy solve?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of 'Sleeping with the Devil'? Is it a history, which describes a region and its background? Is it a position paper? Is it an apologia? Is it an indictment? What aspects of 'Sleeping with the Devil' fit in different genres, and which genre does 'Sleeping with the Devil' primarily belong to?

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