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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _____________ is a nationalistic movement, whose political agenda is in continuity with the lamentation of the Jews exiled to Bablyon.
(a) Judaism.
(b) Muslim pride.
(c) Zionism.
(d) Jihad.

3. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?
(a) The Celebration.
(b) The Peace Cry.
(c) The Witness.
(d) The Catastrophe.

4. Shipler plans to reveal the broad forces in the area which contribute to ______________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Aversion.
(c) Change.
(d) Happiness.

5. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.
(a) Israeli.
(b) Arab.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Government's.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening at the beginning of the book is a wandering of the streets of ____________ from sunrise to high noon.

2. The official ___________ myth is that 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in 1948, freely giving up their rights.

3. Interviews with Palestinians showed disappointment with the efforts to improve the people's plight by the ____________________.

4. To improve the condition of the _________ would lesson the tension necessary to achieve statehood.

5. The King Hussein of _______ vows to work for peace and for security in the area.

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