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

2. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.
(a) Cruelly.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Humanely.
(d) Harshly.

3. The opening of the chapter depicts an incident which took place on King _________ Street in Jerusalem.
(a) George.
(b) Henry.
(c) Peter.
(d) Thomas.

4. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.
(a) Original sin.
(b) Patient zero.
(c) High point.
(d) Ending.

5. Through contact with individual __________, Arabs often soften their stance and realize the danger of their stereotyping.
(a) Jews.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Insurgents.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.

2. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.

3. The Lebanese women opposes a _________________ between Israel and Lebanon because this would result in an expansion of the Jewish state.

4. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.

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

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