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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Time to Go.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the communications go dead after the PLO departure?
(a) Friedman goes into the street.
(b) Friedman misses his deadline.
(c) The shelling ends.
(d) The shelling begins.

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

3. When do the Marines leave Beirut for the first time?
(a) January, 1982.
(b) September, 1982.
(c) August, 1982.
(d) October, 1982.

4. According to Friedman, which of the following is a relatively new concept for Middle Easterners?
(a) Tribal loyalty.
(b) Authoritarian rule.
(c) The nation state.
(d) Journalistic review.

5. Who calls for a Jihad against Assad?
(a) The Israelis.
(b) The PLO.
(c) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(d) The local people in Hama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Friedman analyzes Hama from different perspectives. What is one of these perspectives?

2. What religious/political group controls the Baath Party in this chapter?

3. On what date does a suicide bomber drive a truck into the U.S. embassy in Beirut?

4. What is the Green Line?

5. Who blows up Friedman's apartment house?

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