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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he most often think of?
(a) The shelling and the damage caused.
(b) The way the city changed.
(c) The close calls he has had.
(d) The people and what he has learned from them.

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

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

4. Where does Friedman take his family out for lunch before leaving?
(a) Inter-Continental Hotel.
(b) A Jewish restaurant.
(c) Marriott Hotel.
(d) McDonald's.

5. What is the hang-up in most Arab-Israeli negotiations?
(a) The issue of legitimate rights.
(b) The issue of water.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) The issue of religion.

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

7. How often is Friedman's neighborhood shelled?
(a) Almost every night.
(b) At least two-three times a week.
(c) At least once a month.
(d) At least once a week.

8. Israel has religious significance to what three religions?
(a) Judaism, Christianity, Wikka.
(b) Judaism, Islam, Christianity.
(c) Judaism, Buddhism, Wikka.
(d) Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity.

9. When does George Schultz travel to the Middle East?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1980.

10. What happens when the communications go dead after the PLO departure?
(a) Friedman goes into the street.
(b) Friedman misses his deadline.
(c) The shelling ends.
(d) The shelling begins.

11. Many people are more familiar with the geography of Israel than they are of the geography of what?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Their own country.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

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

13. What is the only Arab state that agrees to peace with the Israelis?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Syria.

14. Whose agreement does Friedman say is essential to an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories?
(a) The majority of American Jews.
(b) The Israeli government.
(c) The majority of the Israeli population.
(d) The U.S. government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1980s, approximately how many Israeli Jews immigrate to the United States?

2. When is Arafat forced to recognize Israel?

3. Where does Ze'ev Chafets grow up?

4. Which rabbi believes that Judaism is a way of life, not a bunch of ritualistic practices?

5. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?

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