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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arafat takes over control of the PLO, what did he turn it into?
(a) A pan-Arab economic movement.
(b) A guerrilla movement.
(c) A local Lebanese movement.
(d) A Palestinian national movement.

2. Who films city center Beirut in order to record what it looks like?
(a) Gemayel.
(b) Arafat.
(c) Tabbara.
(d) Friedman.

3. Where is Arafat born?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Syria or Egypt.
(d) Gaza or Egypt.

4. Why does Friedman refer to Yasir Arafat as the "teflon guerrilla"?
(a) Because Arafat frequently slipped through police hands.
(b) Because Arafat could slip in and out of Lebanon without notice.
(c) Because nothing stuck to Arafat and no matter what, he came out on top.
(d) Because Friedman thought Arafat was sleazy.

5. Why is the PLO in a strange position?
(a) Because the PLO won't acknowledge the Israelis, so there is no way to negotiate with them.
(b) Because Arafat only wants the PLO to engage in terrorism.
(c) Arafat won't acknowledge the Israelis, so the Israelis won't acknowledge the PLO.
(d) Because the international community views the PLO as a terrorist organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he is preparing to leave Beirut, how many civil wars does Friedman say are going on?

2. Winner of the 1967 Six Day War?

3. Where does much of Arafat's support come from?

4. What group makes up the foundation of the Hezbollah?

5. In the chapter called The End of Something, where do the peace talks among the various Lebanese factions take place?

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