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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. What is dangerously high for the Arab population, causing concern for the Jewish inhabitants?
(a) Birth rate.
(b) Death rate.
(c) Violence rate.
(d) Rape rate.

3. The Lebanese women opposes a _________________ between Israel and Lebanon because this would result in an expansion of the Jewish state.
(a) Conversation.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Peace treaty.
(d) War.

4. A 13-year-old __________ boy is upset by the anti-Arab bigotry and is called a traitor, a PLO supporter and a communist.
(a) Lebanese.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Nazarean.

5. Sometimes, being ____________ is advantageous because there is no legacy of long standing antagonism.
(a) Jewish.
(b) An outsider.
(c) A woman.
(d) Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

3. A sociologist reports that in an integrated neighborhood, there is not tension, but there is notable ______________.

4. Through contact with individual __________, Arabs often soften their stance and realize the danger of their stereotyping.

5. Shipler explains that Middle Easterners have always felt the need to pigeonhole new acquaintances by their __________.

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