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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some young upper class Arabs try to escape their _______ ways and try to emulate the West.
(a) Archaic.
(b) Ethnic.
(c) Boring.
(d) Backward.

2. Opinion polls in 2002 fluctuated around the 50% mark among Israelis over whether they could accept an independent ___________ state next door.
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Military.
(d) Israeli.

3. Shipler fears that Arab youth are being affected by the Israeli ___________ using strong arm tactics in the presence of youth.
(a) Men.
(b) Government.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Police.

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

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

6. When the enemy has no _______________, it makes the hatred and bigotry easier.
(a) Face.
(b) Honor.
(c) Family.
(d) Name.

7. 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) Infections.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Wounds.

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

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

10. Israeli children grow up with the lasting impression that Arabs are a colorful, menacing _____________.
(a) Breed apart.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Bunch of savages.
(d) Bloodthirsy warriors.

11. It is thought that Arabs are practical in daily life, but exaggerated in their ___________ life.
(a) Warrior.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Family.
(d) Business.

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

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

14. Both sides, it seems to Shipler, have many ________, making a discussion of them all the more difficult.
(a) Histories.
(b) Facets.
(c) Children.
(d) Beliefs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rarely, Shipler notes, does terrorism become an effective tool as it quickly becomes _______________.

2. The 2002 _____________ shows that the area in the Middle East is growing steadily more complex and explosive.

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

4. Shipler seeks to unravel the complexities of interaction by which the tiny minority of high-minded individuals strive to bridge the gap of ___________.

5. Most Jews, even the well-educated and liberal ones, are so completely isolated from contact with _____________ that they can not fully understand the situation.

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