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

2. When the enemy has no _______________, it makes the hatred and bigotry easier.
(a) Honor.
(b) Name.
(c) Face.
(d) Family.

3. What is another name for the day on which the people honor the country's war dead?
(a) Jihad Day.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) Treatise Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

4. Modern scholarship has debunked the myth that Jews and Arabs are _______________ related.
(a) Biologically.
(b) Spiritually.
(c) Religiously.
(d) Ethnically.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.

2. Critics see no need to meet the enemy personally as they already know what ___________ are like.

3. Shipler wonders whether if his son had been killed during the incident if he would have hated all ____________ and craved revenge.

4. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

5. Violence and counter violence have become not just byproducts of political battles, but also the origin of new __________.

(see the answer key)

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