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

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

3. The Arab-Israeli dispute is _________, but fundamentalism fans the flames.
(a) Secular.
(b) Simple.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Calm.

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

5. Opinion polls in 2002 fluctuated around the 50% mark among Israelis over whether they could accept an independent ___________ state next door.
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Military.
(d) Israeli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler claims that at the time he and his family lived in Jerusalem, it was safer than _____________.

2. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.

3. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.

4. Rarely, Shipler notes, does terrorism become an effective tool as it quickly becomes _______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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