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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. A Jewish lawyer tells Shipler that ___________ do not work on Arabs since they show no psychological signs of mendacity.
(a) Rules.
(b) Treaties.
(c) Polygraphs.
(d) Laws.

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

5. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Adults.

6. A social studies teacher tells Shipler that the Jewish attitude is that 'we can do whatever we _________ with the Arabs."
(a) Like.
(b) Want.
(c) Can.
(d) Desire.

7. Shipler wonders whether if his son had been killed during the incident if he would have hated all ____________ and craved revenge.
(a) Whites.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Jews.
(d) Tourists.

8. A sociologist reports that in an integrated neighborhood, there is not tension, but there is notable ______________.
(a) Camaraderie.
(b) Hesitancy.
(c) Separation.
(d) Violence.

9. At this time of the first edition of this book, which flag was outlawed in terms of being permitted to be displayed?
(a) Neither.
(b) Palestinian.
(c) Both.
(d) Israeli.

10. Liberal Jews speak of fears for the integrity of the ____________ enterprise.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Conservative Jews.
(d) Zionist.

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

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

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

14. Shipler begins to describe the history of the Palestinian and the Israeli ________ to help the reader gain perspective.
(a) Americans.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Jews.
(d) Tourists.

15. 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) Chapters.
(b) Graphs.
(c) Charts.
(d) Maps.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are considered to be fearsome, violent, immensely strong, cruel and cowardly?

3. Shipler fears that Arab youth are being affected by the Israeli ___________ using strong arm tactics in the presence of youth.

4. The colonel tells the woman that he agrees that the Palestinians deserve self - ____________.

5. Shipler seeks to catalog the ___________ each side has of the other side.

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