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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 is the only Arab state that agrees to peace with the Israelis?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Syria.

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

3. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?
(a) Universal.
(b) Dying.
(c) Not giving hope to people.
(d) Giving hope to people.

4. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?
(a) His cousin Yitzhak's.
(b) His friend Chafets's.
(c) His friend Shimon's.
(d) His cousin Giora's.

5. What did the ancient Jews overcome so that they are today a symbol of hope?
(a) The lack of land.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Weather.
(d) Injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabbi Eliezer Waldman is the founder of what movement?

2. Friedman believes there will be no serious negotiations in the Middle East until what happens?

3. Where does Friedman take his family out for lunch before leaving?

4. Israel has religious significance to what three religions?

5. What is happening outside when Friedman decides to leave Beirut?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the Six Day War, do Palestinians comply with Israeli rules in the occupied territories?

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

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

4. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he think about?

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

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

7. Regarding the relationship between American Jews and Israel, what changes after the Six Day War?

8. When, why, and how did Friedman's wife leave Beirut?

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

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

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