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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the candidate of the Labor Party in the national election in 1984?
(a) Yitzhak Shamir.
(b) Golda Meir.
(c) Levi Eshkol.
(d) Shimon Peres.

2. In 1985, what carryover from the British Mandate days does the Israeli government resurrect?
(a) Administrative leave.
(b) Execution.
(c) Exile.
(d) Administrative detention.

3. When does Israel first become important to Friedman?
(a) When he goes to a kibbutz during high school.
(b) When he becomes a reporter.
(c) When he writes an article on Israel in college.
(d) When he watches Walter Cronkite report on the Six Day War.

4. In the late 1980s, approximately how many Israeli Jews immigrate to the United States?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 100,000.

5. Where does Ze'ev Chafets grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Detroit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goal do the Palestinians announce for the intifada?

2. After the Six Day War, what is the big way to raise money in Israel?

3. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?

4. Friedman believes there will be no serious negotiations in the Middle East until what happens?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Beginning with the first settlement in Hebron, how do many Jewish settlements come into being?

2. Why do some Jews claim that Israel is judged by different standards than other countries?

3. Why was the intifada a significant event in the Palestinian movement?

4. What does Friedman tell us about the night he made the decision to leave Beirut?

5. What moment of covering the news in Beirut sticks out in Friedman's mind?

6. What are the two things that Friedman cites as to why the world is interested in Israel?

7. Before the Six Day War, do Palestinians comply with Israeli rules in the occupied territories?

8. Again regarding the relationship between American Jews and Israel, in what ways does the Six Day War change Israel?

9. Has the subject of the Holocaust always been a subject of discussion in Israel?

10. How did Arafat and the PLO get involved once again in the Palestinian problem?

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