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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The official ___________ myth is that 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in 1948, freely giving up their rights.
(a) Arab.
(b) American.
(c) Israeli.
(d) Muslim.

3. Jews can not necessarily deal with the idea that modern __________ Arabs do not fit into their stereotypes.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Palestinian.
(c) Wandering.
(d) Israeli.

4. Shipler explains that Middle Easterners have always felt the need to pigeonhole new acquaintances by their __________.
(a) Cleanliness.
(b) Religion.
(c) Appearance.
(d) Skin color.

5. A 1984 commuter bus hijacking occurred, but the Israeli military censors imposed a complete _____________.
(a) List of demands.
(b) Coverup.
(c) Press coverage.
(d) Blackout.

6. The colonel tells the woman that he agrees that the Palestinians deserve self - ____________.
(a) Government.
(b) Controlled lands.
(c) Service peace treaties.
(d) Determination.

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

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

9. Freij does not hate the ____________, just what they do: introduce foreign culture which contaminates the Arabs' ancient culture.
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Jews.
(c) Terrorists.
(d) Arabs.

10. The labeling on ___________ published by both sides in textbooks continues to make clear that neither side yet accepts the reality that neither can covet the whole of the land.
(a) Charts.
(b) Graphs.
(c) Chapters.
(d) Maps.

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

12. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.
(a) Brutes.
(b) Fighters.
(c) Primitives.
(d) Men.

13. The author observes that a "great tangle of nonsense grows from a seed of __________."
(a) Peace.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Willingness.
(d) Truth.

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

15. A journalist states that ______ are so used to having enemies that hey are suspicious when someone tries to be their friend.
(a) Jews.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Women.
(d) Armies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children tend to parrot the generalizations they hear and see, thus all __________ are Kahane and all Jews kill Arabs in refugee camps.

2. Terrorism is meant to be ___________________, not intended to harm individual victims.

3. Shipler looks at the current textbooks and sees that there are no dialogues, just inflammatory ____________.

4. The King Hussein of _______ vows to work for peace and for security in the area.

5. Shipler notes that _________ among Arabs is so high that it is unlikely that the virulent bigotry has much affect on Arabic minds.

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