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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. What year does the massacre at Hama occur?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

2. According to Friedman, who is the first person who wants U.S. troops in Beirut?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Arafat.
(c) Gemayel.
(d) al-Wazzan.

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

4. Where is Friedman when the Israelis invade Beirut?
(a) At the Commodore Hotel.
(b) On vacation.
(c) In West Beirut.
(d) In Jerusalem.

5. According to Friedman, what do the Americans believe is the Lebanese problem?
(a) The weakness of the Lebanese government.
(b) The number of militias in Lebanon.
(c) The lack of Lebanese military strength.
(d) The number of political parties in Lebanon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls for a Jihad against Assad?

2. When do Arafat and the PLO leave Beirut?

3. In the chapter on Beirut, when does Friedman's Jewishness affect him?

4. Who stays in Friedman's apartment when he moves to the Commodore Hotel?

5. On what date does a suicide bomber drive a truck into the U.S. embassy in Beirut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the planned peace march in 1984?

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

3. Why did the Marines come to Beirut in August, 1982, and how were they received?

4. What was Friedman's first story about in his high school paper?

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

6. Where did Friedman learn to be a journalist and what was one of the obstacles he faced in checking out his facts?

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

8. Friedman relates the story of driving to the airport in a taxi and ignoring a kidnapping. What does this say about life in Beirut?

9. Who or what was the Muslim Brotherhood and what did they want?

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

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