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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 city do both Friedman and Arafat travel to?
(a) Jerusalem, Israel.
(b) Damascus, Syria.
(c) Amman, Jordan.
(d) Athens, Greece.

2. Who blows up Friedman's apartment house?
(a) A refugee family.
(b) A Syrian.
(c) An Israeli.
(d) A terrorist.

3. Where had Friedman been before in the Middle East?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Beirut.
(c) Ramallah.
(d) Cairo.

4. What does Begin do after his wife's death in November 1983?
(a) Resigns from government.
(b) Spends time in a kibbutz.
(c) Goes to the United States.
(d) Moves to Beirut.

5. Friedman analyzes Hama from different perspectives. What is one of these perspectives?
(a) Tradition of loyalism.
(b) Tradition of tribes.
(c) Tradition of religion.
(d) Tradition of brotherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Beirut press congregate?

2. How long do Friedman and his wife stay in the Middle East?

3. What does Friedman say becomes a more threatening problem than Arafat?

4. What Lebanese political party helps the Israelis during the occupation?

5. The Americans become known as the stooges of what politician?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What two suicide bombings occurred in 1983 against American targets?

5. What is the PLO?

6. Why did the press congregate at the Commodore Hotel?

7. Did Friedman hire a fixer?

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

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

10. How do some people make money from the situation in Beirut?

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