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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Both.
(d) Palestinian.

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

3. The twelve-year-old Palestinian notes that he has no ________ and no future.
(a) Sense of belonging.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Home.
(d) Past.

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

5. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.
(a) PLO.
(b) Media coverage.
(c) Government.
(d) Schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wasn't King Hussein able to continue his vision for peace and stability in the area?

2. The 2002 _____________ shows that the area in the Middle East is growing steadily more complex and explosive.

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

4. Shipler ends the chapter by talking about the treatment of battle ______________ that afflicted many of the Israeli soldiers who fought in Lebanon.

5. Shipler seeks to catalog the ___________ each side has of the other side.

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