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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Beirut press congregate?
(a) The UPI building.
(b) The Commodore Hotel.
(c) The press room at the police station.
(d) The press room at the city hall.

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

3. When do the U.S. Marines arrive in Beirut the first time?
(a) August, 1982.
(b) February, 1982.
(c) September, 1982.
(d) September, 1981.

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

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

6. Who brokers the peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel in 1983?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Syria.
(c) United States.
(d) Greece.

7. What does the PLO represent to Arafat's supporters?
(a) Unity.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Independence.
(d) Economic viability.

8. Where is the new headquarters for the PLO?
(a) Tunis.
(b) Athens.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Cairo.

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

10. According to Friedman, what do the Americans believe is the Lebanese problem?
(a) The number of political parties in Lebanon.
(b) The lack of Lebanese military strength.
(c) The number of militias in Lebanon.
(d) The weakness of the Lebanese government.

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

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

13. Winner of the 1967 Six Day War?
(a) Lebanese.
(b) Israelis.
(c) Syrians.
(d) Palestinians.

14. Before 1984, what do many Beirutis attribute their problems to?
(a) Phalangists.
(b) Outside agitators.
(c) Americans.
(d) Israelis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two major Israeli political parties at the time of the invasion?

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

3. What city do both Friedman and Arafat travel to?

4. Who stays in Friedman's apartment when he moves to the Commodore Hotel?

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

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