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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.
(a) Schools.
(b) Government.
(c) Media coverage.
(d) PLO.

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

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

5. Critics see no need to meet the enemy personally as they already know what ___________ are like.
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Jews.
(d) Tourists.

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

7. Shipler describes life in the Dheisheh __________ on the occupied West Bank where every aspect of life instills militancy in youth.
(a) Complex.
(b) Camp.
(c) Precinct.
(d) Ghetto.

8. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?
(a) The Celebration.
(b) The Peace Cry.
(c) The Witness.
(d) The Catastrophe.

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

10. Shipler looks at the current textbooks and sees that there are no dialogues, just inflammatory ____________.
(a) Stories.
(b) Comics.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Rhetoric.

11. ____________ is comfortable to both sides as everyone knows unambiguously whom to hate.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Bigotry.
(c) Government.
(d) Peace.

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

13. Shipler concludes that only one side celebrates the liberation of _______________.
(a) Dubai.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Ansar.
(d) Ramallah.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Israelis were disappointed that the Arab TV show wasn't broadcast in the West so that the viewers could see how _______ the Arabs are.

2. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.

3. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.

4. Laura Franklin notes that it's true that __________ are dirty and sweaty at work, but that their homes are immaculate.

5. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.

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