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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the candidate of the Labor Party in the national election in 1984?
(a) Levi Eshkol.
(b) Shimon Peres.
(c) Yitzhak Shamir.
(d) Golda Meir.

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

3. Whose agreement does Friedman say is essential to an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories?
(a) The U.S. government.
(b) The majority of the Israeli population.
(c) The Israeli government.
(d) The majority of American Jews.

4. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?
(a) That the U.S. should support each group.
(b) That Israel will grow bigger.
(c) That the other three will disappear in time.
(d) That the Rabbis should govern Israel.

5. When does Friedman decide to leave Beirut?
(a) May, 1984.
(b) April, 1984.
(c) February, 1984.
(d) March, 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the ancient Jews overcome so that they are today a symbol of hope?

2. Who wins the national election in 1984?

3. How does Friedman get from Beirut to Jerusalem?

4. How many goals do Jewish leaders have after the end of World War II?

5. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the epilogue, what does Friedman say about the Israeli/Palestinian situation with regards to settlement?

2. What are the three goals of the Jewish leaders after the end of World War II?

3. Why does Friedman say that the 1967 war was both a victory and in many ways a defeat for the Israelis?

4. Why was the intifada a significant event in the Palestinian movement?

5. What are three differences between the situation with the Egyptians and Israelis and the Israelis and Palestinians?

6. Why did one of Friedman's friends, upon his return to Israel, say that his two years in Germany were "relaxing"?

7. What are the two things that Friedman cites as to why the world is interested in Israel?

8. Why does Friedman say that his four different groups/categories can never work out what Israel stands for?

9. What moment of covering the news in Beirut sticks out in Friedman's mind?

10. Before the Six Day War, do Palestinians comply with Israeli rules in the occupied territories?

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