From Beirut to Jerusalem Test | Final Test - Easy

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

From Beirut to Jerusalem Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?
(a) That Israel will grow bigger.
(b) That the U.S. should support each group.
(c) That the other three will disappear in time.
(d) That the Rabbis should govern Israel.

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

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

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

7. Friedman believes there will be no serious negotiations in the Middle East until what happens?
(a) Until the Israelis stop settling in the West Bank.
(b) Until the parties forgive each other.
(c) Until the parties are ready to negotiate a settlement.
(d) Until the Palestinians stop their violence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 mail.
(c) Through the synagogues.
(d) Through the United Jewish Appeal.

15. Who is the candidate of the Likud Party in the national election in 1984?
(a) Shimon Peres.
(b) Yitzhak Rabin.
(c) Yitzhak Shamir.
(d) Yigal Allon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the border between Israel and the West Bank?

2. Israel has religious significance to what three religions?

3. According to Friedman, the solution to the Palestinian-Israeli problem must be what kind of solution?

4. Older Palestinians grew up under the rule of what country or countries?

5. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?

(see the answer keys)

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