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

2. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.
(a) Remembrance.
(b) War.
(c) Honor.
(d) Souls.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Both sides are represented by the stories of families reaching back in the disputed __________ for generations.

4. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.

5. ____________ is comfortable to both sides as everyone knows unambiguously whom to hate.

(see the answer key)

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