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Questions

1. Give the full name of the man depicted in the cartoon.

2. What country is he from?

3. What is his role there?

4. The cartoonist implies that this man is crazy (“nuts”).  Find one quote by Gadhafi that supports the popular belief that this man is unstable.  (Example:  “There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.” – At a conference at Columbia University in New York City on March 23, 2008.)


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Answers

1.  Muammar Gadhafi [NOTE: There are various spellings for his name.]

2.  He is from Libya.

3.  He has been the leader [dictator] of Libya since 1969.

4.  Answers vary.