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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many agencies did the founder of Zionism want to create to help the Jews emigrate?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. Who called for the total withdrawal of Israel from the territories occupied during the war in response of U.N. Resolution 242?
(a) Jordan.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) The U.K.
(d) The U.S.

3. How many Jews were allowed to get into Palestine by the White Paper of 1939?
(a) 150000.
(b) 15000.
(c) 75000.
(d) 20000.

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

5. What was the only course of action for the entire region?
(a) United States intervention.
(b) Total war.
(c) United Nation intervention.
(d) Negotiation.

6. Why do the British want the Jewish immigration to be controlled?
(a) To allow new comers to be absorbed by the local economy.
(b) To not tax the limited food supply.
(c) To please the Arabs.
(d) To allow for Arabs to acclimate to the changes.

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

8. Beside Palestine, what other location does the founder of Zionism think would be suitable for a Jewish state?
(a) Australia.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Canada.
(d) China.

9. What did the British pledge to support?
(a) Full control of Palestine by the Jews.
(b) Arab independence.
(c) The Partition of Palestine.
(d) Unlimited Jewish immigration.

10. When did Nasser move his troops in the Sinai to block Israel from using the waterway?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1965.

11. What does the Peel Commission recommend?
(a) Lift Jewish immigration limits.
(b) Partition of Palestine.
(c) Keeping Palestine as one state.
(d) Stop Jewish Immigration.

12. When was the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry formed according o Part II pp. 72-103?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1945.

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

14. When was the British mandate in Palestine, according to Part II pp. 38-72?
(a) 1925-1947.
(b) 1922-1947.
(c) 1920-1947.
(d) 1921-1947.

15. What did Ruppin conclude?
(a) Arab and Jew elites are the one perpetuating the war.
(b) Israel is as much to blame as Arabs.
(c) Jews will always be at war with the Arabs.
(d) Arabs and Jews would reconcile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the British ask the U.N. to consider the Palestine problem?

2. Who wrote the "White Paper"?

3. What was the goal of Arab militarism according to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine?

4. When was U.N. Resolution 242 written?

5. When was the Basle Declaration done?

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