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

2. Who does Friedman believe will have to provide for the Palestinian security in any settlement?
(a) Arabs.
(b) Israelis.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Palestinians themselves.

3. What is the hang-up in most Arab-Israeli negotiations?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) The issue of religion.
(c) The issue of water.
(d) The issue of legitimate rights.

4. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?
(a) Shimon Tsimhe.
(b) Nota Schiller.
(c) Eliezer Waldman.
(d) Ze'ev Chafets.

5. According to Friedman, the solution to the Palestinian-Israeli problem must be what kind of solution?
(a) Diplomatic.
(b) Tribal.
(c) Military.
(d) Multi-national.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?

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

3. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?

4. When does George Schultz travel to the Middle East?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the difference in the way Jews define or identify themselves in the United States vs. Israel?

4. What are the reasons that Israel, Jordan, and Palestinians want George Schultz to come to the Middle East?

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

6. What is Friedman's view of the Middle East that is shared by many people in Washington?

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

8. Again regarding the relationship between American Jews and Israel, in what ways does the Six Day War change Israel?

9. Why do some Jews claim that Israel is judged by different standards than other countries?

10. What does Friedman tell us about the night he made the decision to leave Beirut?

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