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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Israel first become important to Friedman?
(a) When he goes to a kibbutz during high school.
(b) When he becomes a reporter.
(c) When he writes an article on Israel in college.
(d) When he watches Walter Cronkite report on the Six Day War.

2. Why do Palestinians often have pictures of beaches or the Swiss mountains in their homes and businesses?
(a) There are some famous Palestianian painters who paint these scenes.
(b) They want something pleasant to escape the misery of their environment.
(c) They vacation in those areas.
(d) This is all they can afford.

3. When does Friedman decide to leave Beirut?
(a) May, 1984.
(b) February, 1984.
(c) April, 1984.
(d) March, 1984.

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

5. When Friedman's friend returns to Israel after living in Germany for two years, how does he define that time in Germany?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Strenuous.
(c) Strange.
(d) Uncomfortable.

6. Where is Shimon Tsimhe's newsstand located?
(a) In New York.
(b) In the West Bank.
(c) In Beirut.
(d) In the Haredim suburb of Jerusalem.

7. What is the first settlement in Hebron?
(a) Galut.
(b) Kibbutz Hahotrim.
(c) Sinai.
(d) Kiryat Arba.

8. Who is Friedman's own rabbi?
(a) Ze'ev Chafets.
(b) Eliezer Waldman.
(c) David Hartman.
(d) Shimon Tsimhe.

9. Who attacks the Friedman's on their way to lunch?
(a) Jewish youth.
(b) Disgruntled Americans.
(c) Palestinian youth.
(d) Lebanese youth.

10. Older Palestinians grew up under the rule of what country or countries?
(a) Jordan and Egypt.
(b) The Ottoman Empire.
(c) Syria.
(d) Israel.

11. What country does Friedman find has similarities to Israel?
(a) Palestine.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Syria.
(d) Lebanon.

12. The intifada marks the beginning of what for the Palestinians?
(a) New Israeli rules.
(b) Violence agains the Israelis.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Economic disaster.

13. Who is the candidate of the Labor Party in the national election in 1984?
(a) Levi Eshkol.
(b) Golda Meir.
(c) Shimon Peres.
(d) Yitzhak Shamir.

14. Why do the Israelis want to force the PLO out of Lebanon?
(a) Because they think the Arabs in the settled lands will then have no voice to represent them.
(b) Because they do not like Yasir Arafat.
(c) Because they think the PLO causes unrest between Lebanon and Israel.
(d) Because they believe that the PLO is a military threat to Israel.

15. When does Friedman leave Beirut for Jerusalem?
(a) June 1, 1984,
(b) May 1, 1984.
(c) April 1, 1984.
(d) July 1, 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1985, what carryover from the British Mandate days does the Israeli government resurrect?

2. Where does Friedman go to write his story about the PLO departure?

3. Whose agreement does Friedman say is essential to an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories?

4. How many times while Friedman is in Beirut do the communications go dead?

5. Where does Ze'ev Chafets grow up?

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