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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Teflon Guerrilla.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the PLO successful under Arafat?
(a) Because of Arafat's terrorist activities.
(b) Because Arafat was good at public relations.
(c) Because of the personal skills of Arafat.
(d) Because of Arafat's advisors.

2. On the way to the airport in a taxi, what event does Friedman see and ignore?
(a) A traffic accident.
(b) A kidnapping.
(c) A protest.
(d) A parade.

3. What is the Syrian government's main goal for the attack on Hama?
(a) To quell the Muslim Brotherhood's rebellion.
(b) To show how powerful they were.
(c) To run the local Hama government.
(d) To take over the Muslim Brotherhood.

4. Where do correspondents in Beirut verify their facts?
(a) The police.
(b) The news agency headquarters.
(c) There is no place to go.
(d) The local government.

5. Over time, who does Friedman learn to want to talk to for his information?
(a) The people who will not accept him in their clubs.
(b) The other journalists' fixers.
(c) The people who work in the hotel.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Beirut press congregate?

2. What is the estimate of how many people were killed during the Hama massacre?

3. What year is the flight the Friedmans take at the beginning of the book?

4. Friedman analyzes Hama from different perspectives. What is one of these perspectives?

5. Who does Friedman hire as a fixer?

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