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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion: From Beirut to Jerusalem to Washington.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Amnon Shahak?
(a) Friedman's friend.
(b) Another foreign correspondent.
(c) Friedman's driver.
(d) Friedman's maid.

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

3. Which of the following is a function that the Lebanese fixer performs?
(a) He knows how to avoid the fighting.
(b) He knows where to get food.
(c) He knows how to fix mechanical things, such as cars.
(d) He knows who to bribe and for how much.

4. 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 show how powerful they were.
(d) To quell the Muslim Brotherhood's rebellion.

5. What goal do the Palestinians announce for the intifada?
(a) None.
(b) The beginning of a Palestinian state.
(c) The end to Israeli occupation.
(d) A Palestianian government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious/political group controls the Baath Party in this chapter?

2. What country does Friedman find has similarities to Israel?

3. What happens at the Summerland Hotel during the fighting?

4. Who brokers the peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel in 1983?

5. Friedman says that a reporter must understand his subject but he must also be what?

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