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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Interviews with Palestinians showed disappointment with the efforts to improve the people's plight by the ____________________.
(a) Arab Nations.
(b) European mediation.
(c) Palestinian Authority.
(d) Oslo Convention.

3. Who are considered to be fearsome, violent, immensely strong, cruel and cowardly?
(a) Jews.
(b) Neither.
(c) Both.
(d) Arabs.

4. Shipler claims that at the time he and his family lived in Jerusalem, it was safer than _____________.
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Mogadishu.
(d) Ramallah.

5. Many Arabs can not deal with Jews whose own _________ prevent contact and study.
(a) Rules.
(b) Torah.
(c) Rabbis.
(d) Predjudices.

6. The 2002 _____________ shows that the area in the Middle East is growing steadily more complex and explosive.
(a) Prelude.
(b) Postscript.
(c) Peace treaty.
(d) Promise.

7. The King Hussein of _______ vows to work for peace and for security in the area.
(a) Jordan.
(b) Israel.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Pakistan.

8. Those who are citizens of _________ are less feared than those people in the West Bank.
(a) Israel.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

9. Rarely, Shipler notes, does terrorism become an effective tool as it quickly becomes _______________.
(a) Routine.
(b) Simple.
(c) Unorganized.
(d) Violent.

10. There is fear, but also ________ in the way that Israeli Jews view the Arab.
(a) Intimidation.
(b) Fascination.
(c) Terror.
(d) Understanding.

11. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.
(a) Violent.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Religious.

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

13. Shipler seeks to examine the interlocking ______________ that Jews and Arabs use to categorize each other.
(a) Images.
(b) Cultures.
(c) Slurs.
(d) Stereotypes.

14. But wealthy Jews also detest Arabs for being ___________ in attitude when they are regularly employed.
(a) Uppity.
(b) Bold.
(c) Negative.
(d) Positive.

15. A Lebanese woman opposed her father's speech, thanking the ___________ for liberating them from the PLO.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Arab army.
(c) Terrorists.
(d) Israeli army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The college age Palestinian who was caught by Israeli patrol feared ___________, but experienced something different.

3. Wealthy Jews deride the Arabs as being ____________ and about being lazy.

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

5. Failing to understand the more reserved ____________ of the Ashkenazim, Arabs were unable to recognize authentic hospitality.

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