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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The __________ are the Zionists who founded Israel and control the government.
(a) Israelites.
(b) Sihhphi.
(c) Sephardim.
(d) Ashkenazim.

2. Shipler focuses on the variety of ____________ at the Damascus Gate at the start of the book.
(a) Life.
(b) Pain.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Children.

3. 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.

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

5. Violence and counter violence have become not just byproducts of political battles, but also the origin of new __________.
(a) Terrorist acts.
(b) Directions.
(c) Rifts.
(d) Anger.

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

7. "If you have ______________, you must find a way to make peace..."
(a) A problem.
(b) An enemy.
(c) An argument.
(d) A question.

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

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

10. Shipler has an extended analysis of ___________ as practiced by both the Arabs and the Jews.
(a) Cultural cleanses.
(b) Peace making.
(c) Consensus.
(d) Terrorism.

11. The Arab side if equally radicalized, but lacks a __________ for reason, like the Rabbi Hartman.
(a) Promise.
(b) Committment.
(c) Spokesman.
(d) Direction.

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

13. Shipler realizes there is no _____________ Israel or Palestine.
(a) Ideal.
(b) Monolithic.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Paleolithic.

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

15. The book decides to show revelations about an area of the world which is too easy to ______________.
(a) Marginalize.
(b) Forget.
(c) Stereotype.
(d) Mock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.

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

4. Israeli authorities monitor ___________ prayers in the mosques, warning imams not to preach on controversial subjects.

5. What is another name for the day on which the people honor the country's war dead?

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