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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was President of the United States in 1993?
(a) Ronald Regan.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) George Bush Senior.

2. When was the Palestinian Liberation Organization recognized as the representative of the Palestinians?
(a) During the Rabat Summit.
(b) During the Cairo Summit.
(c) During the Alger Summit.
(d) During the Tunis Summit.

3. What postponed the U.S. talk of Palestinian autonomy?
(a) The Suez Crisis.
(b) The Egypt war.
(c) The Iraq war.
(d) The Lebanon war.

4. What did the PLO call Sadat's actions?
(a) Treasonous.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Futile.
(d) Courageous.

5. What did the Palestinian's realization in the 1990's make them accept?
(a) The PLO could no longer speak for the Palestinian people.
(b) Compromises were necessary.
(c) They would have to accept any compromise.
(d) They had lost.

6. What problems did Kedouri examine?
(a) Problems between the PLO and Israel.
(b) Problems between the PLO and other Arab organizations.
(c) Problems between Arab and Israelis.
(d) Problems between U.S and Egypt.

7. What was Yitzhak Rabin's government main goal?
(a) Keep Israel current land.
(b) Destroy the PLO.
(c) Allow Arab to return to their homes.
(d) Establish peace.

8. When did King Hussein speak to the Palestine National Council and say that Palestine was still the top priority?
(a) November, 1984.
(b) November, 1985.
(c) November, 1986.
(d) November, 1983.

9. When did Arafat declare the road to victory is the road to Palestine?
(a) December 31, 1991.
(b) December 31, 1990.
(c) December 31, 1992.
(d) December 31, 1993.

10. Why was the Agranat Commission created?
(a) To train spies in the military.
(b) To improve the efficiency of the Egyptian planes.
(c) For Israel preparedness at the start the Yom Kippur War.
(d) To investigate why Mossad didn't discover the war plans.

11. Who tried to negotiate with the PLO between 1982 and 1987?
(a) The U.S.
(b) England.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Egypt.

12. How many points did the Baker plan have?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

13. Why was overall peace but a dream during the Geneva conference?
(a) Most Palestianian organizations were not present.
(b) The PLO wanted to be the leader of the Arab organization.
(c) Israel didn't want to make any compromise.
(d) Most Palestinian organization call for the destruction of Israel.

14. When was the Israel- Egypt peace treaty ratified?
(a) March 26, 1978.
(b) March 26, 1980.
(c) March 26, 1977.
(d) March 26, 1979.

15. Whom should be included in any peace negotiation, according to Boutros Bpoutros-Ghali?
(a) Egypt.
(b) The United States.
(c) The PLO.
(d) USSR.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Israelis and Egyptians announce their intentions to settle their differences by peaceful means?

2. What did the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine refuse to take part in?

3. Who was expelled from Lebanon?

4. When did the Palestine National Council say there can be no peace or stability in the Middle East until the Palestinian issue is settled?

5. Who felt the prospect for peace during the Geneva conference were good?

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