Chapter 17 Self-test questions

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. Who was the Lebanese President-elect killed in a bomb explosion on 14 September 1982?

Amin Gemayel correct incorrect

Rashid Karami correct incorrect

Bashir Gemayel correct incorrect

Rene Mouwad correct incorrect

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. Which of these countries did not participate in the Multinational Force deployed in Lebanon in 1982-4?

France correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

Turkey correct incorrect

Great Britain correct incorrect

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. Why was 9 December 1987 a key date for Anglo-Palestinian relations?

Beginning of the Intifada (uprising against Israeli rule) correct incorrect

Launch of the Reagan Plan correct incorrect

Speech by Yasser Arafat to the UN renouncing terrorism correct incorrect

Palestinian declaration of independence correct incorrect

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. Which of these cities was captured by Iraq in the early stages of the Iran-Iraq war?

Basra correct incorrect

Khorramshahr correct incorrect

Tehran correct incorrect

Abadan correct incorrect

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. What immediate event sparked off the US and British air raids on Libya of 14 April 1986?

A bomb attack in Berlin correct incorrect

Attack on the cruise ship 'Achille Lauro' correct incorrect

Shooting down of two US aircraft over the Gulf of Sirte correct incorrect

A bomb attack in Madrid correct incorrect