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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 seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Religion.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Peace.

2. Shipler begins to describe the history of the Palestinian and the Israeli ________ to help the reader gain perspective.
(a) Jews.
(b) Americans.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Tourists.

3. Shipler discusses censored passages from the ___________'s memoir shoring that the brutality was hardly unintentional.
(a) Mayor.
(b) Field commander.
(c) Commander's wife.
(d) Army.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The twelve-year-old Palestinian notes that he has no ________ and no future.

2. Both sides, it seems to Shipler, have many ________, making a discussion of them all the more difficult.

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

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

5. Where did Arabs who were expelled from their villages in 1948 end up going?

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