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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. Israel has religious significance to what three religions?
(a) Judaism, Islam, Christianity.
(b) Judaism, Christianity, Wikka.
(c) Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity.
(d) Judaism, Buddhism, Wikka.

2. Many people are more familiar with the geography of Israel than they are of the geography of what?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Their own country.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

3. When does Friedman decide to leave Beirut?
(a) April, 1984.
(b) March, 1984.
(c) February, 1984.
(d) May, 1984.

4. How long does Friedman spend in Lebanon and Israel?
(a) Almost 5 years.
(b) Almost 10 years.
(c) Almost 7 years.
(d) Almost 15 years.

5. Problems in the Middle East represent a dream that is what?
(a) Not giving hope to people.
(b) Dying.
(c) Giving hope to people.
(d) Universal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does television appear in Israel?

2. What is the first settlement in Hebron?

3. How often is Friedman's neighborhood shelled?

4. What is happening outside when Friedman decides to leave Beirut?

5. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When, why, and how did Friedman's wife leave Beirut?

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

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

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

6. Why does Friedman say that his four different groups/categories can never work out what Israel stands for?

7. Why does Friedman say that the 1967 war was both a victory and in many ways a defeat for the Israelis?

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

9. Why did one of Friedman's friends, upon his return to Israel, say that his two years in Germany were "relaxing"?

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

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