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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Begin do after his wife's death in November 1983?
(a) Moves to Beirut.
(b) Goes to the United States.
(c) Spends time in a kibbutz.
(d) Resigns from government.

2. What do the Kahan Commission investigate?
(a) The Sabra and Shatila massacre.
(b) The PLO.
(c) The Insraeli invasion of Beirut.
(d) The Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

3. Who is elected president of Lebanon in 1982?
(a) Gemayel.
(b) Abu Musa.
(c) Amin.
(d) Arafat.

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

5. When Arafat takes over control of the PLO, what did he turn it into?
(a) A guerrilla movement.
(b) A Palestinian national movement.
(c) A pan-Arab economic movement.
(d) A local Lebanese movement.

6. Why do many of the local Beirutis think that Friedman is privy to information?
(a) Because he lives in a hotel.
(b) Because he is a news correspondent.
(c) Because he is an American.
(d) Because he has a computer.

7. What are the two worlds Friedman feels he has been traveling during his entire life?
(a) Egyptian and Syrian.
(b) Arab and Egyptian.
(c) Israeli and Egyptian.
(d) Arab and Israeli.

8. How many people do the Red Cross estimate were killed during the Sabra and Shatila massacre?
(a) 800-1,000.
(b) 500-700.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,500-2,000.

9. Friedman compares Beirut before the war to what city?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Athens.
(d) New York.

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

11. When the civil war begins, what runs through the center of Beirut?
(a) The main north/south highway.
(b) The train tracks.
(c) The Green Line.
(d) The Orange Line.

12. When do Arafat and the PLO leave Beirut?
(a) September, 1982.
(b) June, 1982.
(c) August, 1982.
(d) July, 1982.

13. Who stays in Friedman's apartment when he moves to the Commodore Hotel?
(a) His wife.
(b) His driver's children.
(c) Two Americans.
(d) Two news correspondents.

14. Who is one of the most famous fixers in Beirut?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Abdul Hajjaj.
(c) Arafat.
(d) Hafez Assad.

15. After the PLO and Arafat leave Beirut, who is left in charge?
(a) Israelis and Phalangists.
(b) Syrians.
(c) Phalangists.
(d) Israelis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the PLO in a strange position?

2. When do the Marines finish their withdrawal from Beirut?

3. In the chapter on Beirut, when does Friedman's Jewishness affect him?

4. Where does Arafat grow up?

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

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