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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the border between Israel and the West Bank?

2. What is the first settlement in Hebron?

3. In the U.S., how do Jews define their Jewish identity?

4. When is Arafat forced to recognize Israel?

5. Where is Friedman when he decides to leave Beirut?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Friedman's view of the Middle East that is shared by many people in Washington?

5. According to Friedman, is Israel a place to go to establish your Jewish identity?

6. Beginning with the first settlement in Hebron, how do many Jewish settlements come into being?

7. Regarding the relationship between American Jews and Israel, what changes after the Six Day War?

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

9. Has the subject of the Holocaust always been a subject of discussion in Israel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author says that it took him several months after arriving in Jerusalem "to discover the jagged and volcanic fault line that lurked just beneath the surface of Israeli society." What does this fault line refer to? Discuss its significance in Israel.

Essay Topic 2

Why didn't the withdrawal of Arafat and the PLO from Beirut bring peace to Lebanon?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Secretary of State George Schultz's attempts at a peace settlement in 1988. What did the parties involved want? Was there any chance of a successful settlement? Why or why not?

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