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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mahmoud Darwish resign from the PLO?
(a) August, 1993.
(b) August, 1994.
(c) August,1995.
(d) August, 1992.

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

3. When did the Palestinian strike to protest the Schulz plan?
(a) April 4.
(b) April 5.
(c) April 6.
(d) April 7.

4. Who supported the peace proposals of President Habib Bourguiba and King Fahd?
(a) The 12th Arab Summit.
(b) The 13th Arab Summit.
(c) The 15th Arab Summit.
(d) The 14th Arab Summit.

5. What needs to be achieve for a solution to the problems in the Middle East to be final, according to Part IV pp. 384-430?
(a) Palestinians must be ready to make concessions.
(b) Israel must withdraw from occupied territories.
(c) The U.S. must stop supporting Israel.
(d) The Palestinian people must have a defined, permanent status.

6. When did Hosni Mubarak become president of Egypt?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1983.

7. Why would Egypt be most willing to negotiate with Israel?
(a) They needed subsidies from the U.S.
(b) They had a the smaller army.
(c) They were more concerned with the losses of the 1967 war.
(d) They had lost their USSR ally.

8. Where did Israel gain land in during the Yom Kippur War?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Syria.
(d) Lebanon.

9. What did Sadat claim Israel engaged in?
(a) Psychological warfare.
(b) War of Atrition.
(c) Ethnic clensing.
(d) Racism.

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

11. What was the new Israeli government willing to do for peace?
(a) Disarm.
(b) Make territorial concessions.
(c) Limit military actions in Palestinian territory.
(d) Recognize the Palestinian state.

12. What warmed the relationship between USSR and Egypt?
(a) Extenstion of leases to the USSR by Egypt.
(b) A two billion dollar weapon order.
(c) Access to Egypt undercover agents in the Fatah.
(d) Egypt requested military experts.

13. What peace plan did Egypt welcome?
(a) The Saudi Fahd Peace Plan.
(b) The Syrian Peace Plan.
(c) The British Peace Plan.
(d) The Camp David Plan.

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

15. What did the Palestinian National Council believe Palestine and Jordan should do?
(a) Join in their fight against Israel.
(b) Exist in a confederal level.
(c) Merge.
(d) Stop relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Arabs have to accept before negotiation could take place?

2. Why was overall peace but a dream during the Geneva conference?

3. When did Yasir Arafat talk about a letter from the United States which said that it would increase its presence in the Persian Gulf and would not tolerate any interference?

4. When was a new Israeli government elected?

5. What problems did Kedouri examine?

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