From Beirut to Jerusalem Test | Final Test - Hard

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

From Beirut to Jerusalem Test | Final Test - Hard

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How does Friedman get from Beirut to Jerusalem?

2. When does Friedman decide to leave Beirut?

3. Where is Rabbi Nota Schiller born and raised?

4. When Friedman's friend returns to Israel after living in Germany for two years, how does he define that time in Germany?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he think about?

6. What are three differences between the situation with the Egyptians and Israelis and the Israelis and Palestinians?

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

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

9. What is the difference in the way Jews define or identify themselves in the United States vs. Israel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Lebanon and Israel the same? Different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's view of what is required for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. Do you agree? Why or why not? Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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