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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 traces _______ waves of settles, none of whom felt any mystical attraction to the land.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. Hartman states that biblical people are ______________, which can turn religion into a force of evil.
(a) Extremists.
(b) Close minded.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Evil.

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

4. The Arab side if equally radicalized, but lacks a __________ for reason, like the Rabbi Hartman.
(a) Committment.
(b) Spokesman.
(c) Promise.
(d) Direction.

5. What is another name for the day on which the people honor the country's war dead?
(a) Jihad Day.
(b) Treatise Day.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

3. Israeli hardliners play up the power of the Arabs, lest others try to understand their ____________.

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

5. Shipler notes that a shift in tactics to assaults on select individuals backfired when applied to ___________ in the West Bank.

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