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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. Israeli Jews have mixed feelings about war's ________, whereas Arabs allow the Islamic concept of jihad.
(a) Morality.
(b) Violence.
(c) Feasability.
(d) Necessity.

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. Where did Arabs who were expelled from their villages in 1948 end up going?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Refugee camps.
(d) Iraq.

4. A tiny number of Israelis understand ________, which leads to paranoia.
(a) Cultural differences.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) History.
(d) Arabic.

5. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.
(a) Patient zero.
(b) High point.
(c) Ending.
(d) Original sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.

2. Four heavily armed _________ seize a hostage and then release him and then are pursued by the mob around them.

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

4. Rabbi David Hartman is a ___________ philosopher who states that religion is naturally reactionary.

5. Shipler concludes that only one side celebrates the liberation of _______________.

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