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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ancient Greeks and modern Europeans both sought to assimilate the ___________.
(a) Jew.
(b) Christians.
(c) Arab.
(d) Muslims.

2. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.
(a) Infertility.
(b) Impotence.
(c) Domination.
(d) Prowess.

3. At this time of the first edition of this book, which flag was outlawed in terms of being permitted to be displayed?
(a) Neither.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Both.
(d) Palestinian.

4. Where did Arabs who were expelled from their villages in 1948 end up going?
(a) Refugee camps.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Nowhere.

5. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.
(a) Myth.
(b) Decree.
(c) Libel.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Lebanese women opposes a _________________ between Israel and Lebanon because this would result in an expansion of the Jewish state.

2. Opinion polls in 2002 fluctuated around the 50% mark among Israelis over whether they could accept an independent ___________ state next door.

3. "If you have ______________, you must find a way to make peace..."

4. _____________ do not practice polygamy and enforce veiling of women as some Jews believe.

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

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