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

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

3. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?
(a) The Witness.
(b) The Celebration.
(c) The Peace Cry.
(d) The Catastrophe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Shipler plans to reveal the broad forces in the area which contribute to ______________.

3. When the enemy has no _______________, it makes the hatred and bigotry easier.

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

5. The official ___________ myth is that 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in 1948, freely giving up their rights.

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