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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poker, Beirut-Style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the PLO formed?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1956.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Approximately how long does the main fighting occur in Hama?
(a) About two years.
(b) About two weeks.
(c) About two months.
(d) About two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is elected president of Lebanon in 1982?

2. When Arafat takes over control of the PLO, what did he turn it into?

3. What is the estimate of how many people were killed during the Hama massacre?

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

5. Why is the PLO successful under Arafat?

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