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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. Interviews with Palestinians showed disappointment with the efforts to improve the people's plight by the ____________________.
(a) European mediation.
(b) Palestinian Authority.
(c) Arab Nations.
(d) Oslo Convention.

2. Shipler seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Religion.

3. Shipler begins to describe the history of the Palestinian and the Israeli ________ to help the reader gain perspective.
(a) Jews.
(b) Americans.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Arabs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.

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

3. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.

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

5. The book decides to show revelations about an area of the world which is too easy to ______________.

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