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

2. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.
(a) Humanely.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Harshly.
(d) Cruelly.

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

4. Sometimes, being ____________ is advantageous because there is no legacy of long standing antagonism.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Arabic.
(c) An outsider.
(d) A woman.

5. Shipler describes life in the Dheisheh __________ on the occupied West Bank where every aspect of life instills militancy in youth.
(a) Ghetto.
(b) Precinct.
(c) Complex.
(d) Camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children tend to parrot the generalizations they hear and see, thus all __________ are Kahane and all Jews kill Arabs in refugee camps.

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

3. The Arab-Israeli dispute is _________, but fundamentalism fans the flames.

4. ___________ arguments carry little weight, even among extreme West Bank settlers.

5. Shipler notes that _________ among Arabs is so high that it is unlikely that the virulent bigotry has much affect on Arabic minds.

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