View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some Arabs make an intellectual effort to discredit Jewish claims to _______________ in the land.
(a) Families.
(b) Authentic heritage.
(c) Homes.
(d) Places of worship.

2. Why wasn't King Hussein able to continue his vision for peace and stability in the area?
(a) He died of cancer.
(b) His treaty was not ratified.
(c) He left the country.
(d) He was assassinated.

3. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.
(a) Cruelly.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Harshly.
(d) Humanely.

4. Acts of violence lead to ___________, worst case assumptions and calls for retribution.
(a) Talks.
(b) Committees.
(c) Violence.
(d) Speculation.

5. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.
(a) Arab.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Government's.
(d) Israeli.

6. Shipler examines both sides' abandonment of the common ____________ of the desert.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Rules.
(c) Culture.
(d) Manners.

7. Wealthy Jews deride the Arabs as being ____________ and about being lazy.
(a) Uncouth.
(b) Brash.
(c) Mannerless.
(d) Dirty.

8. Most Jews, even the well-educated and liberal ones, are so completely isolated from contact with _____________ that they can not fully understand the situation.
(a) Terrorists.
(b) Arab loving Jews.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Peace makers.

9. The __________ are the Zionists who founded Israel and control the government.
(a) Sephardim.
(b) Israelites.
(c) Sihhphi.
(d) Ashkenazim.

10. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.
(a) Honor.
(b) War.
(c) Remembrance.
(d) Souls.

11. Children tend to parrot the generalizations they hear and see, thus all __________ are Kahane and all Jews kill Arabs in refugee camps.
(a) Women.
(b) Rabbis.
(c) Children.
(d) Terrorists.

12. The opening of the chapter depicts an incident which took place on King _________ Street in Jerusalem.
(a) Thomas.
(b) George.
(c) Henry.
(d) Peter.

13. _________ work is frequently found in juvenile literature for Jews, reinforcing stereotypes.
(a) Arab.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Savage.
(d) Lazy.

14. A tiny number of Israelis understand ________, which leads to paranoia.
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Cultural differences.
(c) History.
(d) Arabic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler does admit to finding much _______________ among the Arabs he visits, but little of the systematic vindictiveness described in the previous chapter.

2. Shipler talks with several participants in a program called Interns for _______.

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

4. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.

5. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 404 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample