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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. Where do correspondents in Beirut verify their facts?
(a) The police.
(b) The news agency headquarters.
(c) There is no place to go.
(d) The local government.

2. According to Friedman, by October, 1983, what do most Beirutis consider the Marines to be?
(a) A welcome help in rebuilding Beirut.
(b) Another militia group.
(c) Another political group.
(d) An occupying force.

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

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

5. Where is Friedman when the Israelis invade Beirut?
(a) In West Beirut.
(b) At the Commodore Hotel.
(c) In Jerusalem.
(d) On vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Israelis want to force the PLO out of Lebanon?

2. Where does much of Arafat's support come from?

3. Friedman says that Sharon is a classic example of what?

4. Who kills the refugees at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps?

5. When are the Marine barracks hit by a suicide truck bomb?

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