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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many Arabs can not deal with Jews whose own _________ prevent contact and study.
(a) Predjudices.
(b) Torah.
(c) Rules.
(d) Rabbis.

3. Settlers referred to their occupation of the territories as ______________.
(a) God's will.
(b) Effective.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Liberation.

4. A Syrian prisoner of war wept when he realized that the kibbutzim were not the ___________ he had 'known' them to be.
(a) Centers of worship.
(b) War camps.
(c) Terrorism cells.
(d) Governments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler describes life in the Dheisheh __________ on the occupied West Bank where every aspect of life instills militancy in youth.

2. Shipler seeks to examine the interlocking ______________ that Jews and Arabs use to categorize each other.

3. Rumors spread of a ___________ accomplice and foreign tourists fitting that description are rounded up for questioning.

4. Interviews with Palestinians showed disappointment with the efforts to improve the people's plight by the ____________________.

5. Sometimes, being ____________ is advantageous because there is no legacy of long standing antagonism.

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