2002 Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tiny number of Israelis understand ________, which leads to paranoia.
(a) Arabic.
(b) Cultural differences.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) History.

2. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.
(a) Adults.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Soldiers.

3. Rumors spread of a ___________ accomplice and foreign tourists fitting that description are rounded up for questioning.
(a) Child.
(b) Asian male.
(c) Female.
(d) Caucasian male.

4. Israeli authorities monitor ___________ prayers in the mosques, warning imams not to preach on controversial subjects.
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

5. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.
(a) Primitives.
(b) Brutes.
(c) Fighters.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is a nationalistic movement, whose political agenda is in continuity with the lamentation of the Jews exiled to Bablyon.

2. Shipler has an extended analysis of ___________ as practiced by both the Arabs and the Jews.

3. ____________ is comfortable to both sides as everyone knows unambiguously whom to hate.

4. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

5. Shipler wonders whether if his son had been killed during the incident if he would have hated all ____________ and craved revenge.

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