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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A Syrian prisoner of war wept when he realized that the kibbutzim were not the ___________ he had 'known' them to be.
(a) Governments.
(b) Centers of worship.
(c) War camps.
(d) Terrorism cells.

3. Shipler seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Peace.

4. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Paleolithic.
(d) Ideal.

5. Shipler notes that _________ among Arabs is so high that it is unlikely that the virulent bigotry has much affect on Arabic minds.
(a) Nonchalance.
(b) Illiteracy.
(c) Religious practice.
(d) Peaceful aspiration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are considered to be fearsome, violent, immensely strong, cruel and cowardly?

2. _________ work is frequently found in juvenile literature for Jews, reinforcing stereotypes.

3. A social studies teacher tells Shipler that the Jewish attitude is that 'we can do whatever we _________ with the Arabs."

4. Elias Freij sees growing on the crest of the hills a new Jewish neighborhood, _________, whose architecture is not at all rooted in the land.

5. Violence and counter violence have become not just byproducts of political battles, but also the origin of new __________.

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