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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Palestine National Council meet in February, 1983?
(a) Algiers.
(b) Athens.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Jerusalem.

2. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?
(a) Universal.
(b) Giving hope to people.
(c) Dying.
(d) Not giving hope to people.

3. The Americans become known as the stooges of what politician?
(a) al-Wazzan.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Arafat.
(d) Gemayel.

4. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?
(a) His cousin Yitzhak's.
(b) His cousin Giora's.
(c) His friend Chafets's.
(d) His friend Shimon's.

5. How long do Friedman and his wife stay in the Middle East?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the PLO successful under Arafat?

2. What year does the massacre at Hama occur?

3. Who calls for a Jihad against Assad?

4. Who assassinates Gemayel in 1982?

5. When the civil war begins, what runs through the center of Beirut?

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