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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. 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. The intifada marks the beginning of what for the Palestinians?

4. What do each of Friedman's four different groups or categories of Jews believe in common?

5. George Schultz travels to the Middle East to work out a peace settlement between what countries or groups?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the reasons that Israel, Jordan, and Palestinians want George Schultz to come to the Middle East?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the three goals of the Jewish leaders after the end of World War II?

10. In the epilogue, what does Friedman say about the Israeli/Palestinian situation with regards to settlement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens at Sabra and Shatila? What is its significance? Why does the author write an article about it?

Essay Topic 2

How are Lebanon and Israel the same? Different?

Essay Topic 3

In discussing Israeli Jews, the author defines four broad categories or groups of Jews. What are they? Compare and contrast the groups.

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