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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the national election in 1984?
(a) Yitzhak Shamir.
(b) Shimon Perez.
(c) The election is a tie.
(d) Golda Meir.

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

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

4. In 1985, what carryover from the British Mandate days does the Israeli government resurrect?
(a) Execution.
(b) Administrative leave.
(c) Administrative detention.
(d) Exile.

5. What did the ancient Jews overcome so that they are today a symbol of hope?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Weather.
(c) The lack of land.
(d) Injustice.

6. How does Friedman get from Beirut to Jerusalem?
(a) By a series of taxis.
(b) By train.
(c) By a car driven by his Beiruti driver.
(d) By plane.

7. Which rabbi believes that Judaism is a way of life, not a bunch of ritualistic practices?
(a) David Hartman.
(b) Shimon Tsimhe.
(c) Eliezer Waldman.
(d) Nota Schiller.

8. How many goals do Jewish leaders have after the end of World War II?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One - a Jewish state.
(d) Three.

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

10. When does television appear in Israel?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1970..
(d) 1968.

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

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

13. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?
(a) Not giving hope to people.
(b) Giving hope to people.
(c) Universal.
(d) Dying.

14. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?
(a) His cousin Yitzhak's.
(b) His friend Shimon's.
(c) His friend Chafets's.
(d) His cousin Giora's.

15. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?
(a) December, 1983.
(b) January, 1984.
(c) March, 1984.
(d) February, 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Shimon Tsimhe's newsstand located?

2. What issue does Friedman think the Israelis are avoiding during the national election campaign in 1984?

3. What country does Friedman find has similarities to Israel?

4. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?

5. Israel has religious significance to what three religions?

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