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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do correspondents in Beirut verify their facts?
(a) The police.
(b) The news agency headquarters.
(c) The local government.
(d) There is no place to go.

2. What year is the flight the Friedmans take at the beginning of the book?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

3. Who blows up Friedman's apartment house?
(a) A Syrian.
(b) An Israeli.
(c) A refugee family.
(d) A terrorist.

4. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?
(a) Because there are so many killings in Beirut.
(b) Because many people have moved out of Beirut.
(c) Because people never know when or where they might die.
(d) Because no one wants to live in Beirut.

5. According to Friedman, how do the people who remain in Beirut cope with the stress?
(a) They meet in small groups and discuss ways to cope.
(b) They make up their own mind games or find ways to separate themselves from the victims.
(c) They stay inside and board up their homes so they don't see what is happening.
(d) They keep themselves busy with their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject Friedman gets his Master's degree in at Oxford?

3. Where does Friedman live in the U.S. when he first goes to the Middle East as a teenager?

4. On the way to the airport in a taxi, what event does Friedman see and ignore?

5. According to Friedman, why do Beirutis never develop a strong national government?

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