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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. Both sides, it seems to Shipler, have many ________, making a discussion of them all the more difficult.
(a) Facets.
(b) Histories.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Children.

2. The 2002 _____________ shows that the area in the Middle East is growing steadily more complex and explosive.
(a) Peace treaty.
(b) Prelude.
(c) Promise.
(d) Postscript.

3. Shipler concludes that only one side celebrates the liberation of _______________.
(a) Ansar.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Dubai.

4. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Paleolithic.

5. _____________ is a nationalistic movement, whose political agenda is in continuity with the lamentation of the Jews exiled to Bablyon.
(a) Muslim pride.
(b) Jihad.
(c) Zionism.
(d) Judaism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The opening at the beginning of the book is a wandering of the streets of ____________ from sunrise to high noon.

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

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