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

2. Shipler focuses on the variety of ____________ at the Damascus Gate at the start of the book.
(a) Children.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Pain.
(d) Life.

3. Shipler examines both sides' abandonment of the common ____________ of the desert.
(a) Manners.
(b) Rules.
(c) Culture.
(d) Ethics.

4. Shipler plans to reveal the broad forces in the area which contribute to ______________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Change.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Aversion.

5. Rumors spread of a ___________ accomplice and foreign tourists fitting that description are rounded up for questioning.
(a) Female.
(b) Caucasian male.
(c) Child.
(d) Asian male.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 2002 _____________ shows that the area in the Middle East is growing steadily more complex and explosive.

2. Shipler ends the chapter by talking about the treatment of battle ______________ that afflicted many of the Israeli soldiers who fought in Lebanon.

3. A 1984 commuter bus hijacking occurred, but the Israeli military censors imposed a complete _____________.

4. Shipler seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.

5. Shipler traces _______ waves of settles, none of whom felt any mystical attraction to the land.

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