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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Africa.
(d) Europe.

2. How many times while Friedman is in Beirut do the communications go dead?
(a) Only once.
(b) Monthly.
(c) A couple of times a week.
(d) Daily.

3. George Schultz travels to the Middle East to work out a peace settlement between what countries or groups?
(a) Lebanon and Syria.
(b) Israel and Palestinians.
(c) Jordan and Palestinians.
(d) Israel, Jordan, and Palestinians.

4. 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 people and what he has learned from them.
(d) The close calls he has had.

5. Rabbi Eliezer Waldman is the founder of what movement?
(a) East Bank settlement movement.
(b) Haradim movement.
(c) Solidarity movement.
(d) West Bank settlement movement.

6. After the Six Day War, what is the big way to raise money in Israel?
(a) Through the United Jewish Appeal.
(b) Through the synagogues.
(c) Through individual appeals by Jewish leaders.
(d) Through the mail.

7. What is the spark or the event that sets off the Palestinian uprising that becomes known as the intifada?
(a) An auto accident.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) A political speech.
(d) A fight in the Jabaliya camp.

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

9. When it becomes known that Friedman is leaving Israel, what do people ask him?
(a) Where is he going?
(b) Will he come back?
(c) Does he like Israel?
(d) Why is he leaving.

10. What do the Palestinians have to lose in their fight against the Israelis?
(a) Land.
(b) Honor.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Money.

11. How long has Friedman been in Beirut when he decides to leave?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 7 years.

12. What marks the border between Israel and the West Bank?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A fence.
(d) Signs.

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

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

15. Israel and Palestine occupy news time out of proportion to their what?
(a) Size.
(b) Populations.
(c) Religious significance.
(d) Historic significance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening outside when Friedman decides to leave Beirut?

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

3. Who wins the national election in 1984?

4. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?

5. Who is the candidate of the Labor Party in the national election in 1984?

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