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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. Violence and counter violence have become not just byproducts of political battles, but also the origin of new __________.
(a) Rifts.
(b) Directions.
(c) Anger.
(d) Terrorist acts.

2. The official ___________ myth is that 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in 1948, freely giving up their rights.
(a) Muslim.
(b) American.
(c) Arab.
(d) Israeli.

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

4. Critics see no need to meet the enemy personally as they already know what ___________ are like.
(a) Tourists.
(b) Jews.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Foreigners.

5. Israeli authorities monitor ___________ prayers in the mosques, warning imams not to preach on controversial subjects.
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Interviews with Palestinians showed disappointment with the efforts to improve the people's plight by the ____________________.

3. The labeling on ___________ published by both sides in textbooks continues to make clear that neither side yet accepts the reality that neither can covet the whole of the land.

4. The expulsion of all ____________ from the city is demanded as a result of the incident in Jerusalem.

5. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.

(see the answer key)

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