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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Beirut press congregate?
(a) The Commodore Hotel.
(b) The UPI building.
(c) The press room at the police station.
(d) The press room at the city hall.

2. What is the purpose of the PLO when it is formed?
(a) To provide a cover for terrorist activities.
(b) To exert some control over the Palestinians.
(c) To give some voice to the Palestinians.
(d) To provide an army to fight the Israelis.

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

4. What is the subject Friedman gets his Master's degree in at Oxford?
(a) Creative writing.
(b) Jewish culture & history.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Middle Eastern history.

5. Who calls for a Jihad against Assad?
(a) The local people in Hama.
(b) The Muslim Brotherhood.
(c) The Israelis.
(d) The PLO.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Friedman hire as a fixer?

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

3. When Arafat takes over control of the PLO, what did he turn it into?

4. Where in Hama do the journalists stay during the fighting?

5. Why does Friedman think Beirut is less important politically than psychologically as a news story?

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