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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the minute fighting stops in Bierut?

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

3. Friedman wins a Pulitzer Prize for his report on what?

4. What is the name of Friedman's wife?

5. When does the Israeli invasion of Lebanon begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Green Line?

2. What was the city of Beirut like before the war?

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

4. In Chapter 1, Friedman says that the book is about his journey between two worlds. What are these two worlds?

5. Why was the PLO successful when Arafat was in control?

6. If you viewed Hama from Friedman's perspective of the tradition of regional units, what does Hama represent?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why didn't the withdrawal of Arafat and the PLO from Beirut bring peace to Lebanon?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Israel invade Lebanon in 1982? What were the results? Was the invasion successful for the Israelis? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Intifada. Why did it happen? What is its significance to the Palestinian movement?

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