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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Lebanese political party helps the Israelis during the occupation?
(a) None of them.
(b) The Republicans.
(c) The Phalangists.
(d) The Conservatives.

2. Which Jewish leader agrees to the plan to create two states, side by side, one for Jews and one for Arabs?
(a) Ariel Sharon.
(b) Menachem Begin.
(c) Yacov Bar-Simantov.
(d) Ben-Gurion.

3. In the U.S., how do Jews define their Jewish identity?
(a) By their synagogue affiliation.
(b) By their rabbi.
(c) By their relationship to Israel.
(d) By their place of birth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people do the Red Cross estimate were killed during the Sabra and Shatila massacre?

2. Where does Friedman spend a summer studying in college?

3. According to Friedman, by October, 1983, what do most Beirutis consider the Marines to be?

4. Where does Friedman live in the U.S. when he first goes to the Middle East as a teenager?

5. Where is Arafat born?

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