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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Under the Spotlight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Friedman refer to Yasir Arafat as the "teflon guerrilla"?
(a) Because nothing stuck to Arafat and no matter what, he came out on top.
(b) Because Arafat frequently slipped through police hands.
(c) Because Arafat could slip in and out of Lebanon without notice.
(d) Because Friedman thought Arafat was sleazy.

2. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?
(a) Shimon Tsimhe.
(b) Ze'ev Chafets.
(c) Nota Schiller.
(d) Eliezer Waldman.

3. What is the Syrian government's main goal for the attack on Hama?
(a) To take over the Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) To run the local Hama government.
(c) To quell the Muslim Brotherhood's rebellion.
(d) To show how powerful they were.

4. What group makes up the foundation of the Hezbollah?
(a) Shiites.
(b) Druse.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Maronites.

5. Who is the candidate of the Likud Party in the national election in 1984?
(a) Yitzhak Shamir.
(b) Yitzhak Rabin.
(c) Yigal Allon.
(d) Shimon Peres.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gemayel's government quit?

2. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?

3. What did the ancient Jews overcome so that they are today a symbol of hope?

4. The Commodore Hotel acts as a fixer to what group of people?

5. Friedman wins a Pulitzer Prize for his report on what?

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