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

2. When it becomes known that Friedman is leaving Israel, what do people ask him?
(a) Will he come back?
(b) Does he like Israel?
(c) Why is he leaving.
(d) Where is he going?

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

4. Many people are more familiar with the geography of Israel than they are of the geography of what?
(a) Africa.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Europe.
(d) Their own country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times while Friedman is in Beirut do the communications go dead?

2. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?

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

4. In the late 1980s, approximately how many Israeli Jews immigrate to the United States?

5. After the Six Day War, what is the big way to raise money in Israel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three differences between the situation with the Egyptians and Israelis and the Israelis and Palestinians?

2. What are the three goals of the Jewish leaders after the end of World War II?

3. In the epilogue, what does Friedman say about the Israeli/Palestinian situation with regards to settlement?

4. Why did one of Friedman's friends, upon his return to Israel, say that his two years in Germany were "relaxing"?

5. What moment of covering the news in Beirut sticks out in Friedman's mind?

6. How did Arafat and the PLO get involved once again in the Palestinian problem?

7. Beginning with the first settlement in Hebron, how do many Jewish settlements come into being?

8. Why was the intifada a significant event in the Palestinian movement?

9. According to Friedman, is Israel a place to go to establish your Jewish identity?

10. Why does Friedman say that the 1967 war was both a victory and in many ways a defeat for the Israelis?

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