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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 area was partitioned after World War II by the United Nations?

2. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?

3. Who films city center Beirut in order to record what it looks like?

4. When are the Marine barracks hit by a suicide truck bomb?

5. What is the Green Line?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Friedman's apartment in Beirut?

2. What is the Green Line?

3. Did the fact that Friedman was Jewish affect his reporting or his relationships while in Beirut?

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

5. What policy did the PNC adopt during its meeting in Algiers in February, 1983?

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

7. What is the Hezbollah?

8. Did Friedman hire a fixer?

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

10. What happens to Arafat as the result of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the Six Day War? What were the results both short term and long term for all parties involved?

Essay Topic 2

In discussing Israeli Jews, the author defines four broad categories or groups of Jews. What are they? Compare and contrast the groups.

Essay Topic 3

What happens at Sabra and Shatila? What is its significance? Why does the author write an article about it?

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