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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. The Arab-Israeli dispute is _________, but fundamentalism fans the flames.
(a) Secular.
(b) Simple.
(c) Calm.
(d) Quiet.

2. _____________ is a nationalistic movement, whose political agenda is in continuity with the lamentation of the Jews exiled to Bablyon.
(a) Muslim pride.
(b) Zionism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Jihad.

3. Shipler wonders whether if his son had been killed during the incident if he would have hated all ____________ and craved revenge.
(a) Tourists.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Whites.
(d) Jews.

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

5. It is believed that ______________ changed the Jews.
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Zionists.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.

2. A tiny number of Israelis understand ________, which leads to paranoia.

3. The official ___________ myth is that 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in 1948, freely giving up their rights.

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

5. The colonel tells the woman that he agrees that the Palestinians deserve self - ____________.

(see the answer key)

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