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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the two worlds Friedman feels he has been traveling during his entire life?
(a) Egyptian and Syrian.
(b) Arab and Israeli.
(c) Arab and Egyptian.
(d) Israeli and Egyptian.

3. What does the PLO represent to Arafat's supporters?
(a) Economic viability.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Independence.
(d) Unity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the PLO in a strange position?

2. What happens when the minute fighting stops in Bierut?

3. Who does Friedman hire as a fixer?

4. What year does the massacre at Hama occur?

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

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