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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 how a _____________ prisoner was surprised when he could not discern any difference between a Sephardic and Ashkenazi guard.
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Lebanese.
(c) African.
(d) Jewish.

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

3. Shipler looks at the current textbooks and sees that there are no dialogues, just inflammatory ____________.
(a) Stories.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Comics.
(d) Rhetoric.

4. Shipler ends the chapter by talking about the treatment of battle ______________ that afflicted many of the Israeli soldiers who fought in Lebanon.
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Infections.
(c) Flu.
(d) Wounds.

5. Rarely, Shipler notes, does terrorism become an effective tool as it quickly becomes _______________.
(a) Violent.
(b) Simple.
(c) Routine.
(d) Unorganized.

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. The labeling on ___________ published by both sides in textbooks continues to make clear that neither side yet accepts the reality that neither can covet the whole of the land.

3. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.

4. A Syrian prisoner of war wept when he realized that the kibbutzim were not the ___________ he had 'known' them to be.

5. Why wasn't King Hussein able to continue his vision for peace and stability in the area?

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