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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. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?

2. What happens when the communications go dead after the PLO departure?

3. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?

4. When is Arafat forced to recognize Israel?

5. What is the hang-up in most Arab-Israeli negotiations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Friedman say that his four different groups/categories can never work out what Israel stands for?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friedman had some creative titles for the chapters of his book. Pick five of the chapters listed below. Explain the meaning and significance of the title and why Friedman would have chosen that title. Be specific with events, history,examples from the book, etc.

Would You Like to Eat Now or Wait for the Cease-fire?

Hama Rules

Inside the Kaleidoscope: The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

Betty Crocker in Dante's Inferno

Crosswinds

The Fault Line

The Earthquake

Essay Topic 2

What happened at Hama and why? What is its significance in Middle Eastern politics?

Essay Topic 3

Define/identify the following groups and what role they play in the Middle East: Maronites, Shiites, Druse, Sunnis, Phalangists, Alawites, Baath Party,Zionists, Likud Party, Labor Party, Ultra-Orthodox, Hezbollah

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