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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stays in Friedman's apartment when he moves to the Commodore Hotel?
(a) His wife.
(b) Two Americans.
(c) Two news correspondents.
(d) His driver's children.

2. What outside group comes to the aid of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hama?
(a) No outside group.
(b) The PLO.
(c) The Beirutis.
(d) The Israelis.

3. Friedman analyzes Hama from different perspectives. What is one of these perspectives?
(a) Tradition of loyalism.
(b) Tradition of brotherhood.
(c) Tradition of religion.
(d) Tradition of tribes.

4. Where do the Friedmans fly to from Geneva at the beginning of the book?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Cairo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject Friedman gets his Master's degree in at Oxford?

2. Why do many of the local Beirutis think that Friedman is privy to information?

3. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?

4. Where does Friedman live in the U.S. when he first goes to the Middle East as a teenager?

5. What happens at the Summerland Hotel during the fighting?

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