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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shipler claims that at the time he and his family lived in Jerusalem, it was safer than _____________.
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

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

3. Rabbi David Hartman is a ___________ philosopher who states that religion is naturally reactionary.
(a) Western.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) New Age.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Four heavily armed _________ seize a hostage and then release him and then are pursued by the mob around them.

2. Shipler wonders whether if his son had been killed during the incident if he would have hated all ____________ and craved revenge.

3. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

4. Shipler concludes that only one side celebrates the liberation of _______________.

5. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.

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