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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. When did the Palestinian National Council issue a political resolution supporting the intifada?
(a) November 15, 1988.
(b) November 15, 1986.
(c) November 15, 1989.
(d) November 15, 1987.

2. Why would Egypt be most willing to negotiate with Israel?
(a) They needed subsidies from the U.S.
(b) They had lost their USSR ally.
(c) They were more concerned with the losses of the 1967 war.
(d) They had a the smaller army.

3. When did the Palestine National Council say there can be no peace or stability in the Middle East until the Palestinian issue is settled?
(a) September 28, 1992.
(b) September 28, 1994.
(c) September 28, 1993.
(d) September 28, 1991.

4. What did the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine refuse to take part in?
(a) The Berlin Conference.
(b) The Paris Conference.
(c) The Geneva Conference.
(d) The Washington Conference.

5. What peace plan did Egypt welcome?
(a) The Saudi Fahd Peace Plan.
(b) The Syrian Peace Plan.
(c) The British Peace Plan.
(d) The Camp David Plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Yitzhak Rabin inaugurated?

2. When did President Asad of Syria state that the PLO had reached a secret agreement with Israel without the other Arab states being involved in the months of secret negotiations?

3. What did Arafat say about the negotiations at Madrid?

4. When did Yasir Arafat talk about a letter from the United States which said that it would increase its presence in the Persian Gulf and would not tolerate any interference?

5. What did the Palestinian National Council believe Palestine and Jordan should do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did President Mubarak say on January, 1989?

2. What did Secretary of State George Shultz discuss in Congressional testimony?

3. What did the United States favor?

4. What did Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin say in his inaugural speech in 1992?

5. What did the Palestine National Council promote?

6. What did the United States Secretary of State propose?

7. What did Harold H. Snauders discuss according to Part IV, pp. 384-430?

8. What did the PLO Executive Committee praise in December, 1987?

9. What problem did Ehe Kedouri examine?

10. What did Egyptian President Sadat address on November 20, 1977?

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