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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whose Country is This, Anyway?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Israelis want to force the PLO out of Lebanon?
(a) Because they believe that the PLO is a military threat to Israel.
(b) Because they think the Arabs in the settled lands will then have no voice to represent them.
(c) Because they do not like Yasir Arafat.
(d) Because they think the PLO causes unrest between Lebanon and Israel.

2. 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 where to get food.
(d) He knows who to bribe and for how much.

3. When Friedman hears about the invasion, where is he?
(a) At the Commodore Hotel.
(b) At the police station.
(c) At the Reuters office.
(d) At the Intercontinental Hotel.

4. When the civil war begins, what runs through the center of Beirut?
(a) The Orange Line.
(b) The Green Line.
(c) The main north/south highway.
(d) The train tracks.

5. When are the Marine barracks hit by a suicide truck bomb?
(a) October 15, 1983.
(b) October 1, 1983.
(c) October 23, 1983.
(d) October 30, 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Friedman go to write his story about the PLO departure?

2. Where does Friedman learn to be a journalist?

3. Before 1984, what do many Beirutis attribute their problems to?

4. Friedman compares Beirut before the war to what city?

5. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he most often think of?

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