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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue does Friedman think the Israelis are avoiding during the national election campaign in 1984?
(a) What to do with the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
(b) How to deal with the Arab countires.
(c) What to do about the lack of water in desert areas.
(d) How to avoid war with the Arabs.

2. What did the ancient Jews overcome so that they are today a symbol of hope?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The lack of land.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Weather.

3. Friedman believes there will be no serious negotiations in the Middle East until what happens?
(a) Until the Palestinians stop their violence.
(b) Until the parties forgive each other.
(c) Until the parties are ready to negotiate a settlement.
(d) Until the Israelis stop settling in the West Bank.

4. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?
(a) That the other three will disappear in time.
(b) That the U.S. should support each group.
(c) That Israel will grow bigger.
(d) That the Rabbis should govern Israel.

5. Israel and Palestine occupy news time out of proportion to their what?
(a) Size.
(b) Populations.
(c) Historic significance.
(d) Religious significance.

6. Who comes to power in Israel in 1977?
(a) Menachem Begin.
(b) Levi Eshkol.
(c) Yatzhak Rabin.
(d) Golda Meir.

7. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?
(a) Shimon Tsimhe.
(b) Eliezer Waldman.
(c) Ze'ev Chafets.
(d) Nota Schiller.

8. When does Friedman have an interview with Yasir Arafat?
(a) December, 1987.
(b) January, 1988.
(c) January, 1987.
(d) November, 1987.

9. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Israel.

10. Why do the Israelis want to force the PLO out of Lebanon?
(a) Because they do not like Yasir Arafat.
(b) Because they believe that the PLO is a military threat to Israel.
(c) Because they think the PLO causes unrest between Lebanon and Israel.
(d) Because they think the Arabs in the settled lands will then have no voice to represent them.

11. Whose bar mitzvah does Friedman attend in Ashkelon?
(a) His friend Chafets's.
(b) His cousin Giora's.
(c) His friend Shimon's.
(d) His cousin Yitzhak's.

12. According to Friedman, the solution to the Palestinian-Israeli problem must be what kind of solution?
(a) Military.
(b) Diplomatic.
(c) Tribal.
(d) Multi-national.

13. What constraints begin from annexing the West Bank in 1977?
(a) The Israeli government.
(b) The Camp David Accords and the Americans.
(c) The Labor Party.
(d) The Camp David Accords and the Syrians.

14. When does Friedman's wife leave Beirut?
(a) December, 1983.
(b) March, 1984.
(c) February, 1984.
(d) January, 1984.

15. How long has Friedman been in Beirut when he decides to leave?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first settlement in Hebron?

3. When does George Schultz travel to the Middle East?

4. Who is the candidate of the Labor Party in the national election in 1984?

5. Whose agreement does Friedman say is essential to an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories?

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