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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. Shipler has an extended analysis of ___________ as practiced by both the Arabs and the Jews.
(a) Peace making.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Consensus.
(d) Cultural cleanses.

2. 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) Ghetto.
(d) Complex.

3. Rumors spread of a ___________ accomplice and foreign tourists fitting that description are rounded up for questioning.
(a) Female.
(b) Asian male.
(c) Caucasian male.
(d) Child.

4. The book decides to show revelations about an area of the world which is too easy to ______________.
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Forget.
(c) Marginalize.
(d) Mock.

5. Modern scholarship has debunked the myth that Jews and Arabs are _______________ related.
(a) Ethnically.
(b) Spiritually.
(c) Religiously.
(d) Biologically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jews can not necessarily deal with the idea that modern __________ Arabs do not fit into their stereotypes.

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

3. ___________ arguments carry little weight, even among extreme West Bank settlers.

4. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.

5. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.

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