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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moment of covering the news in Beirut sticks out in Friedman's mind?
(a) The PLO departure when he misses his deadline.
(b) The bombing of the Marine barracks.
(c) The evacuation of Americans in February 1984.
(d) His arrival in Beirut.

2. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?
(a) Giving hope to people.
(b) Not giving hope to people.
(c) Dying.
(d) Universal.

3. What is happening outside when Friedman decides to leave Beirut?
(a) Nothing, his neighborhood is quiet.
(b) There is a riot in the street.
(c) There is fighting in the street.
(d) His neighborhood is being shelled.

4. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?
(a) December, 1983.
(b) January, 1984.
(c) March, 1984.
(d) February, 1984.

5. Older Palestinians grew up under the rule of what country or countries?
(a) Jordan and Egypt.
(b) Israel.
(c) Syria.
(d) The Ottoman Empire.

6. Which rabbi believes that Judaism is a way of life, not a bunch of ritualistic practices?
(a) Nota Schiller.
(b) Eliezer Waldman.
(c) David Hartman.
(d) Shimon Tsimhe.

7. What constraints begin from annexing the West Bank in 1977?
(a) The Camp David Accords and the Syrians.
(b) The Labor Party.
(c) The Israeli government.
(d) The Camp David Accords and the Americans.

8. What is the spark or the event that sets off the Palestinian uprising that becomes known as the intifada?
(a) A political speech.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) An auto accident.
(d) A fight in the Jabaliya camp.

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

10. In 1985, what carryover from the British Mandate days does the Israeli government resurrect?
(a) Administrative leave.
(b) Execution.
(c) Administrative detention.
(d) Exile.

11. How does Friedman get from Beirut to Jerusalem?
(a) By train.
(b) By a car driven by his Beiruti driver.
(c) By plane.
(d) By a series of taxis.

12. What issue does Friedman think the Israelis are avoiding during the national election campaign in 1984?
(a) What to do with the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
(b) How to deal with the Arab countires.
(c) What to do about the lack of water in desert areas.
(d) How to avoid war with the Arabs.

13. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Israel.
(c) New York.
(d) Detroit.

14. How long does Friedman spend in Lebanon and Israel?
(a) Almost 7 years.
(b) Almost 10 years.
(c) Almost 15 years.
(d) Almost 5 years.

15. In the U.S., how do Jews define their Jewish identity?
(a) By their rabbi.
(b) By their place of birth.
(c) By their relationship to Israel.
(d) By their synagogue affiliation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1980s, approximately how many Israeli Jews immigrate to the United States?

2. When does George Schultz travel to the Middle East?

3. When does Friedman leave Beirut for Jerusalem?

4. Where is Friedman's next assignment after Jerusalem?

5. When does television appear in Israel?

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