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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

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) Peace.
(c) Religion.
(d) Understanding.

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

3. Four heavily armed _________ seize a hostage and then release him and then are pursued by the mob around them.
(a) Jews.
(b) Iraqis.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Iranians.

4. Acts of violence lead to ___________, worst case assumptions and calls for retribution.
(a) Violence.
(b) Committees.
(c) Speculation.
(d) Talks.

5. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.
(a) Adults.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler looks at the current textbooks and sees that there are no dialogues, just inflammatory ____________.

2. The college age Palestinian who was caught by Israeli patrol feared ___________, but experienced something different.

3. Shipler examines both sides' abandonment of the common ____________ of the desert.

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

5. Settlers referred to their occupation of the territories as ______________.

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