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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Israelis were disappointed that the Arab TV show wasn't broadcast in the West so that the viewers could see how _______ the Arabs are.
(a) Fearsome.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Subhuman.
(d) Talented.

2. Shipler seeks to examine the interlocking ______________ that Jews and Arabs use to categorize each other.
(a) Slurs.
(b) Cultures.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Images.

3. At this time of the first edition of this book, which flag was outlawed in terms of being permitted to be displayed?
(a) Neither.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Palestinian.
(d) Both.

4. Wealthy Jews deride the Arabs as being ____________ and about being lazy.
(a) Mannerless.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Uncouth.
(d) Brash.

5. The Proclamation of Independence called for ________ inhabitants to preserve the peace and to build the new state as equals.
(a) Jewish.
(b) All.
(c) Male.
(d) Arab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler describes the similarity between a __________ ceremony with the Bedouin and a Jewish passover.

2. Israeli authorities monitor ___________ prayers in the mosques, warning imams not to preach on controversial subjects.

3. A Jewish lawyer tells Shipler that ___________ do not work on Arabs since they show no psychological signs of mendacity.

4. A teenage Bedouin girl asks for a ride back to the herd of ________ she tends.

5. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.

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