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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the General Syrian Congress answer to the King-Crane Commission?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1916
(c) 1918
(d) 1920.

2. When did the Syrian Ba'th Party stress the importance of a unified policy concerning the struggle for Palestine?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1968.

3. Who was Egypt president in 1973?
(a) El-Sada
(b) Moubarak.
(c) Nasser.
(d) Anwar Sadat.

4. How long of a transitional period did the U.N. set to create provisional governments?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. Who was the British Prime minister in 1931?
(a) Churchil.
(b) Montbaten.
(c) Wilson.
(d) MacDonald.

6. What did Hassanain Haykal view the conflict for Palestine as a way to do according to Part IV pp. 258-303?
(a) A way to give the Jews compensation for the Holocaust.
(b) A way to punish the Arabs for the religion.
(c) A way to keep Arabs absent from the international scene.
(d) A way of forcing the Arabs to submit to the West.

7. When did the U.N. call for Egypt not to interfere with commerce through the Suez Canal?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1951.

8. For what reason did Abba Eban address the United Nations?
(a) The Six Day War.
(b) Refugee campl.
(c) Palestinian rights.
(d) Egypt.

9. What was Ahmed Shukairy's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Architect.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Painter.

10. When did the Knesset passe the Law of Return?
(a) July 5, 1950.
(b) July 5, 1951.
(c) July 5, 1953.
(d) July 5, 1952.

11. When did the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry publish its report?
(a) May 1, 1946.
(b) May 1, 1947.
(c) May 1, 1948.
(d) May 1, 1949.

12. Who told the story of Dr. Arthur Ruppin?
(a) Moshe Dayan.
(b) Joseph Kramer.
(c) Robert Ingals.
(d) David Raberg.

13. When did Egyptian armies have Israel's army in retreat?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

14. Who was the Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency in 1939?
(a) David Ben Gurion.
(b) Joseph Kramer.
(c) Karl Staberg.
(d) David Hamberg.

15. When did Ahmed Shukairy address the United Nations on the issue of refugees?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only course of action for the entire region?

2. What differentiated the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Fatah, the Arab National Movement, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. according to Part IV pp214-258?

3. What territories did Israel agree to withdrawn from in U.N. Resolution 242?

4. Where were the British suppose to leave Palestine?

5. How many Jews were allowed to get into Palestine by the White Paper of 1939?

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