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

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

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

4. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.
(a) Arab.
(b) Government's.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Israeli.

5. The opening at the beginning of the book is a wandering of the streets of ____________ from sunrise to high noon.
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Dubai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler focuses on the variety of ____________ at the Damascus Gate at the start of the book.

2. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.

3. At this time of the first edition of this book, which flag was outlawed in terms of being permitted to be displayed?

4. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?

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

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