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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Palestinian organization realize in the 1990s, according to Part VI pp 478-529?
(a) The United States was the real master in the Middle East.
(b) Israel can be destroyed.
(c) Israel cannot be destroyed.
(d) Other Arab nations didn't really care about their fight.

2. When did Sadat talk about the Soviet help to Egypt?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1974.

3. What did other Arab nations need to recognize, according to Boutros Bpoutros-Ghali?
(a) Israel.
(b) The PLO as learder of the Plaestinians.
(c) The role of leadership that Egypt has taken.
(d) The right of the United States to mediate.

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

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

6. When did the intifada begin?
(a) December, 1987.
(b) December ,1986.
(c) December, 1988.
(d) December, 1989.

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

8. When did Israel announce that it has no intention of giving up its claims on Judea, Samaria and Gaza or the Golan Heights?
(a) August, 1982.
(b) August, 1980.
(c) August, 1981.
(d) August, 1983.

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

10. When was Hamas created, according to Part VI pp 529-576?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1985.

11. What did Arafat say about the negotiations at Madrid?
(a) They were fair.
(b) They were unfair.
(c) They were useless.
(d) They were slow moving.

12. What must happen before either side can push for total autonomy of the Palestinian homeland according to the Israeli Foreign Minister of 1982?
(a) Both sides need to coexist.
(b) One side must win.
(c) One side must surrender.
(d) One side must be destroyed.

13. What did Mahmoud Darwish say as he resign from the PLO?
(a) The PLO was finished.
(b) The PLO was the best chance for peace.
(c) The PLO didn't need him to sign the peace agreement.
(d) The PLO actions were treasonous.

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

15. Who was expelled from Lebanon?
(a) The PLO.
(b) Egyptian soldiers.
(c) Palestinians.
(d) Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yitzhak Rabin's government main goal?

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

3. When did Mubarak say he was ready for peace?

4. When was the Israel- Egypt peace treaty ratified?

5. Who proposed a peace plan in 1982?

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