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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freij does not hate the ____________, just what they do: introduce foreign culture which contaminates the Arabs' ancient culture.
(a) Terrorists.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Jews.

2. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Baghdad.

3. Some Arabs make an intellectual effort to discredit Jewish claims to _______________ in the land.
(a) Families.
(b) Authentic heritage.
(c) Homes.
(d) Places of worship.

4. Shipler explains that Middle Easterners have always felt the need to pigeonhole new acquaintances by their __________.
(a) Appearance.
(b) Skin color.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Religion.

5. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through contact with individual __________, Arabs often soften their stance and realize the danger of their stereotyping.

2. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.

3. Shipler examines both sides' abandonment of the common ____________ of the desert.

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

5. Opinion polls in 2002 fluctuated around the 50% mark among Israelis over whether they could accept an independent ___________ state next door.

(see the answer key)

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