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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Muslim Brotherhood receives support from groups centered in what cities?

2. Who issues the correspondents their credentials they need to travel?

3. When does Gemayel's government quit?

4. What are the two worlds Friedman feels he has been traveling during his entire life?

5. Why do many of the local Beirutis think that Friedman is privy to information?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Friedman's apartment in Beirut?

2. At the time of Hama massacre, who/what group was in power in the Syrian government?

3. Why did Friedman refer to Yasir Arafat as the "teflon guerrilla"?

4. What was Friedman's first story about in his high school paper?

5. What did Friedman write in an article that upset the Marines?

6. What policy did the PNC adopt during its meeting in Algiers in February, 1983?

7. What is the PLO?

8. What happened at the Sabra and Shatilia refugee camps when the Israelis invaded West Beirut?

9. Where did Friedman learn to be a journalist and what was one of the obstacles he faced in checking out his facts?

10. What happens to the planned peace march in 1984?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did Yasir Arafat make the PLO a success or did the PLO make Yasir Arafat a success?

Essay Topic 2

The author says that it took him several months after arriving in Jerusalem "to discover the jagged and volcanic fault line that lurked just beneath the surface of Israeli society." What does this fault line refer to? Discuss its significance in Israel.

Essay Topic 3

What was the Six Day War? What were the results both short term and long term for all parties involved?

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