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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who issues the correspondents their credentials they need to travel?
(a) The police.
(b) Each of the different militias.
(c) The government in Beirut.
(d) The governments of the places where they travel.

2. Which of the following is a function that the Lebanese fixer performs?
(a) He knows how to avoid the fighting.
(b) He knows how to fix mechanical things, such as cars.
(c) He knows who to bribe and for how much.
(d) He knows where to get food.

3. When is the PLO formed?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1956.

4. What is the subject Friedman gets his Master's degree in at Oxford?
(a) Middle Eastern history.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Jewish culture & history.
(d) Creative writing.

5. What Lebanese political party helps the Israelis during the occupation?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) The Phalangists.
(c) None of them.
(d) The Conservatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the Marines first come to Beirut?

2. Who is one of the most famous fixers in Beirut?

3. Friedman analyzes Hama from different perspectives. What is one of these perspectives?

4. Friedman wins a Pulitzer Prize for his report on what?

5. What group makes up the foundation of the Hezbollah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Syrian government handle journalists during the attack on Hama?

2. Why was the PLO successful when Arafat was in control?

3. Did the fact that Friedman was Jewish affect his reporting or his relationships while in Beirut?

4. What did Friedman write in an article that upset the Marines?

5. At the time of Hama massacre, who/what group was in power in the Syrian government?

6. What are three things that Friedman cites as differences between the Arabs and the Jews?

7. When and why was Arafat able to take control of the PLO?

8. Why did Friedman refer to Yasir Arafat as the "teflon guerrilla"?

9. Why does Friedman feel that in the early 1980s the PLO is presenting itself as a victim?

10. What is the Green Line?

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