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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason the Marines first come to Beirut?
(a) To oversee the Israelis.
(b) To help the Beirutis.
(c) To help rebuild Beirut.
(d) To oversee the PLO departure.

3. Who epitomizes the mentality and attitude of the European Zionist?
(a) Menachem Begin.
(b) Yasir Arafat.
(c) Yacov Bar-Simantov.
(d) Ariel Sharon.

4. Friedman compares Beirut before the war to what city?
(a) New York.
(b) Athens.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Cairo.

5. Which Jewish leader agrees to the plan to create two states, side by side, one for Jews and one for Arabs?
(a) Ben-Gurion.
(b) Menachem Begin.
(c) Yacov Bar-Simantov.
(d) Ariel Sharon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Friedman's own rabbi?

2. What goal do the Palestinians announce for the intifada?

3. When do the U.S. Marines arrive in Beirut the first time?

4. What does Friedman say becomes a more threatening problem than Arafat?

5. Who films city center Beirut in order to record what it looks like?

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