Directions (1-12): Select the best suggested answer to each question and write its number on a piece of paper. The questions may help you think about the ideas and information you might want to use in your essay. Questions 1-4 are based on Document #1, questions 5-7 are based on Document #2, questions 8-9 are based on Document #3 and questions 10-12 are based on Speeches #1 and 2. You may check your answers at the bottom of the page.

1) In his youth, Sadat was:

1. a wealthy sultan's son
2. an idealistic boy from a poor family
3. a shepherd
4. an Islamic monk

2. In the first paragraph of Document #1, the phrase "catalytic force in Middle Eastern history" describes Sadat's:

1. expressed hatred for Israel
2. inability to separate secular and religious issues
3. improbable willingness to ignore past Arab-Israeli animosity
4. admiration by Americans

3) Sadat's obituary states that Sadat drew outpourings of hatred in the Middle East when he cracked down on militant Muslims and other political opponents because:

1. many Palestinians and other Arabs felt that he was a traitor to their struggles against Israel
2. he wanted to bequeath democratic institutions to his people
3. he converted to Christianity
4. he won the Nobel Peace Prize

4) Why would Sadat say in 1979 "I have a great ally in Israel that I depend upon. Do you know who? The Israeli mother."?

1. He married an Israeli
2. His mother was Israeli
3. He felt that mothers would help promote peace because they would not want to send their sons to war
4. He thought that only Israeli fathers resisted peace

5) In Alterman's article, the author considers al-Sadat's policies to be controversial in part because:

1. there is no authoritative biography of Sadat
2. Sadat was assassinated in 1981
3. Egypt and Israel have border peace
4. peace and prosperity are as yet unrealized in the Middle East

6) From reading Document #2, we can infer that:

1. during Nasser's reign, Egypt and the Soviet Union were allies
2. Sadat expanded the role of socialism in Egypt
3. both Sadat and Nasser had pro-western stances
4. Sadat was not a nationalist

7. The infitah was:

1. a religious decree to unite Muslims
2. an economic open-door policy that invited foreign nations to invest in Egypt
3. a dictum requiring women to wear the mullah
4. a land reform program that attacked the feudal class

7. In Document #3, Madame Jehan al-Sadat describes her belief that:

1. 1) wealth is more valuable than friendship
2. 2) friendship is more valuable than wealth

3) only the dead leaders had a chance to attain peace in the Middle East

3. 4) we do not have the language for peace

7. In paragraph 2 of Document #3, Madame al-Sadat says that she is not a soothsayer because:

1. she believes in political solutions
2. she cannot predict the future
3. she lives in the past
4. she wants a quick solution to conflict in the Middle East

7. In Anwar al-Sadat's speech to Congress, he says that:

1. nations must go to war over different ideas
2. entertaining different ideas is the root of all conflict
3. there is no substitute for person to person contact in the resolution of conflict
4. acceptance of different ideas only leads to further problems

7. What can does Sadat suggest by the phrase "diversity and multiplicity are means of reaching consensus and compatibility"?

1. Identifying different viewpoints will ruin any chance for peace
2. We must fight for the right to entertain only our own opinions in our respective countries
3. Recognition of diversity and multiplicity confuses negotiations for peace
4. Putting all ideas and thoughts on the table facilitates agreement

7. Sadat's attitude toward the Isaeli Parliament can best be described as:

1. contrite
2. concilliatory
3. combative
4. considerate