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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Whose Country is This, Anyway?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he most often think of?
(a) The shelling and the damage caused.
(b) The people and what he has learned from them.
(c) The close calls he has had.
(d) The way the city changed.

2. Who kills the refugees at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps?
(a) Phalangists.
(b) Palestinians.
(c) Syrians.
(d) Israelis.

3. What characteristic of Friedman makes him unique among the Beirut correspondents?
(a) He has red hair.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He speaks only English.
(d) He is American.

4. When is the PLO formed?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1967.

5. Where does the Palestine National Council meet in February, 1983?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Athens.
(c) Algiers.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the communications go dead after the PLO departure?

2. In the chapter called The End of Something, where do the peace talks among the various Lebanese factions take place?

3. What do the Kahan Commission investigate?

4. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?

5. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?

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