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

2. Rarely, Shipler notes, does terrorism become an effective tool as it quickly becomes _______________.
(a) Unorganized.
(b) Simple.
(c) Violent.
(d) Routine.

3. The opening at the beginning of the book is a wandering of the streets of ____________ from sunrise to high noon.
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Nazareth.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Dubai.

4. The college age Palestinian who was caught by Israeli patrol feared ___________, but experienced something different.
(a) Retribution.
(b) Slaughter.
(c) Indoctrination.
(d) Torture.

5. __________ abounds on both sides, established by decades of war and terror, and individuals vary in how bigoted or tolerant they are.
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Worry.
(d) Terrorism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Opinion polls in 2002 fluctuated around the 50% mark among Israelis over whether they could accept an independent ___________ state next door.

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

3. The expulsion of all ____________ from the city is demanded as a result of the incident in Jerusalem.

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

5. A Syrian prisoner of war wept when he realized that the kibbutzim were not the ___________ he had 'known' them to be.

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