2002 Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.
(a) PLO.
(b) Government.
(c) Schools.
(d) Media coverage.

3. Shipler begins to describe the history of the Palestinian and the Israeli ________ to help the reader gain perspective.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Americans.
(c) Jews.
(d) Tourists.

4. Rabbi David Hartman is a ___________ philosopher who states that religion is naturally reactionary.
(a) Western.
(b) Muslim.
(c) New Age.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. The book decides to show revelations about an area of the world which is too easy to ______________.
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Mock.
(c) Marginalize.
(d) Forget.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hartman states that biblical people are ______________, which can turn religion into a force of evil.

2. Shipler describes life in the Dheisheh __________ on the occupied West Bank where every aspect of life instills militancy in youth.

3. Shipler notes that a shift in tactics to assaults on select individuals backfired when applied to ___________ in the West Bank.

4. A 1984 commuter bus hijacking occurred, but the Israeli military censors imposed a complete _____________.

5. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.

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