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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Amnon Shahak?
(a) Friedman's maid.
(b) Another foreign correspondent.
(c) Friedman's friend.
(d) Friedman's driver.

2. What is the Syrian government's main goal for the attack on Hama?
(a) To take over the Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) To quell the Muslim Brotherhood's rebellion.
(c) To show how powerful they were.
(d) To run the local Hama government.

3. Who is the ruler of Syria during the time of the Hama massacre?
(a) Hafez Assad.
(b) Yasir Arafat.
(c) Rifaat Assad.
(d) Abdul Hajjaj.

4. Who stays in Friedman's apartment when he moves to the Commodore Hotel?
(a) Two Americans.
(b) Two news correspondents.
(c) His wife.
(d) His driver's children.

5. Over time, who does Friedman learn to want to talk to for his information?
(a) The people who will not accept him in their clubs.
(b) The people who work in the hotel.
(c) The police.
(d) The other journalists' fixers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Friedman, which of the following is a relatively new concept for Middle Easterners?

2. What outside group comes to the aid of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hama?

3. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?

4. Where does Friedman spend a summer studying in college?

5. What religious/political group controls the Baath Party in this chapter?

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