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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. What is the secret to Arafat's success?
(a) His advisers.
(b) The PLO and the way it is organized.
(c) His military successes.
(d) His debonair dashing figure.

2. According to Friedman, which of the following is a relatively new concept for Middle Easterners?
(a) The nation state.
(b) Journalistic review.
(c) Authoritarian rule.
(d) Tribal loyalty.

3. The Commodore Hotel acts as a fixer to what group of people?
(a) PLO.
(b) Journalists.
(c) Israelis.
(d) Police.

4. What area was partitioned after World War II by the United Nations?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Palestine.
(c) Syria.
(d) Egypt.

5. What outside group comes to the aid of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hama?
(a) The Beirutis.
(b) The Israelis.
(c) The PLO.
(d) No outside group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do many of the local Beirutis think that Friedman is privy to information?

2. How does Friedman get from Beirut to Jerusalem?

3. Who blows up Friedman's apartment house?

4. When does the Israeli invasion of Lebanon begin?

5. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?

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