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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. Why would Israel need to change its tactics, according to Hassanain Haykal?

2. What did Arabs oppose?

3. What did the British pledge to support?

4. When did Abba Eban address the United Nations according to Part III pp 158-212?

5. Who told the story of Dr. Arthur Ruppin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Theodor Herzl?

2. Who was Yizhak Rabin?

3. What did the Fatah believe?

4. What did Shukairy address?

5. What did the report publish on May 1, 1945 according to Part II, pp. 72-103?

6. What did the British announce on February 14, 1947?

7. What did the Palestine National Charter express according to Part IV, pp. 214-258?

8. What was the policy in a White Paper in 1939?

9. What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

10. Who rejected the White Paper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two American Presidents involved in Middle Eastern relations and determine who had the most positive influence on Arab and Jewish relations.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the cause of and impact of the Six Day War or the Yom Kippur War.

Essay Topic 3

Examine why the Jihad was considered the only solution to the Palestinian problem.

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