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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. Who attacks the Friedman's on their way to lunch?

2. What marks the border between Israel and the West Bank?

3. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?

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

5. What is special about the West Bank and Gaza Strip lands to the Israelis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Friedman, is Israel a place to go to establish your Jewish identity?

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

6. Has the subject of the Holocaust always been a subject of discussion in Israel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the changes in the relationship between Israel and American Jews from the 1950s to the late 1980s. What are the reasons for the changes? Are these changes likely to be permanent?

Essay Topic 2

How are Lebanon and Israel the same? Different?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's view of what is required for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. Do you agree? Why or why not? Be specific.

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