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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. Israeli children grow up with the lasting impression that Arabs are a colorful, menacing _____________.
(a) Breed apart.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Bunch of savages.
(d) Bloodthirsy warriors.

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

3. Shipler does admit to finding much _______________ among the Arabs he visits, but little of the systematic vindictiveness described in the previous chapter.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rage.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Agreement.

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

5. The twelve-year-old Palestinian notes that he has no ________ and no future.
(a) Past.
(b) Sense of belonging.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The __________ are the Zionists who founded Israel and control the government.

3. The Jewish feel that the Arabs understand only a language of __________ and soft-handed policies will fail.

4. It is believed that ______________ changed the Jews.

5. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.

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