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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Earthquake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter called The End of Something, where do the peace talks among the various Lebanese factions take place?
(a) Beirut, Lebanon.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Lausanne, Switzerland.
(d) Cairo, Egypt.

2. What goal do the Palestinians announce for the intifada?
(a) A Palestianian government.
(b) The beginning of a Palestinian state.
(c) None.
(d) The end to Israeli occupation.

3. What is the purpose of the PLO when it is formed?
(a) To give some voice to the Palestinians.
(b) To provide a cover for terrorist activities.
(c) To provide an army to fight the Israelis.
(d) To exert some control over the Palestinians.

4. The intifada marks the beginning of what for the Palestinians?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Economic disaster.
(c) Violence agains the Israelis.
(d) New Israeli rules.

5. When Arafat takes over control of the PLO, what did he turn it into?
(a) A Palestinian national movement.
(b) A guerrilla movement.
(c) A pan-Arab economic movement.
(d) A local Lebanese movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who films city center Beirut in order to record what it looks like?

2. Before 1984, what do many Beirutis attribute their problems to?

3. Why does Friedman refer to Yasir Arafat as the "teflon guerrilla"?

4. Where does much of Arafat's support come from?

5. When do the Hezbollah come into existence?

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