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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beirut: City of Versions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the minute fighting stops in Bierut?
(a) Shopkeepers open up their shops and life is back to normal.
(b) Cars are moved into garages to prevent damage to them when fighting starts again.
(c) Children start playing in the streets.
(d) People stay inside because they are afraid.

2. Friedman says that a reporter must understand his subject but he must also be what?
(a) Knowledgeable.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Objective.
(d) Critical.

3. Which of the following is a function that the Lebanese fixer performs?
(a) He knows how to fix mechanical things, such as cars.
(b) He knows how to avoid the fighting.
(c) He knows who to bribe and for how much.
(d) He knows where to get food.

4. Over time, who does Friedman learn to want to talk to for his information?
(a) The people who work in the hotel.
(b) The police.
(c) The people who will not accept him in their clubs.
(d) The other journalists' fixers.

5. Who blows up Friedman's apartment house?
(a) A refugee family.
(b) A terrorist.
(c) An Israeli.
(d) A Syrian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area was partitioned after World War II by the United Nations?

2. Where do the Friedmans fly to from Geneva at the beginning of the book?

3. In June, 1982, what major event does Friedman cover while living in Beirut?

4. Who issues the correspondents their credentials they need to travel?

5. Where does the Beirut press congregate?

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