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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 describes life in the Dheisheh __________ on the occupied West Bank where every aspect of life instills militancy in youth.
(a) Precinct.
(b) Camp.
(c) Complex.
(d) Ghetto.

2. Shipler notes that _________ among Arabs is so high that it is unlikely that the virulent bigotry has much affect on Arabic minds.
(a) Peaceful aspiration.
(b) Nonchalance.
(c) Religious practice.
(d) Illiteracy.

3. Shipler seeks to examine the interlocking ______________ that Jews and Arabs use to categorize each other.
(a) Images.
(b) Slurs.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Cultures.

4. Israelis were disappointed that the Arab TV show wasn't broadcast in the West so that the viewers could see how _______ the Arabs are.
(a) Talented.
(b) Fearsome.
(c) Subhuman.
(d) Beautiful.

5. _____________ do not practice polygamy and enforce veiling of women as some Jews believe.
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Israeli-Jews.
(c) Palestinians.
(d) Iraqis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.

2. Shipler has an extended analysis of ___________ as practiced by both the Arabs and the Jews.

3. Shipler concludes that only one side celebrates the liberation of _______________.

4. There is fear, but also ________ in the way that Israeli Jews view the Arab.

5. Shipler discusses censored passages from the ___________'s memoir shoring that the brutality was hardly unintentional.

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