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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With the rise of ___________ in the seventh century, an Arab-Jewish symbiosis flowered.
(a) Wars.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Islam.

2. A witty Palestinian claimed he was a victim of ___________ when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry.
(a) Rage.
(b) Politics.
(c) Repression.
(d) Anti-Semitism.

3. Shipler describes the similarity between a __________ ceremony with the Bedouin and a Jewish passover.
(a) Seder.
(b) Hand washing.
(c) Wine.
(d) Fish.

4. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.
(a) Infertility.
(b) Impotence.
(c) Prowess.
(d) Domination.

5. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.
(a) Decree.
(b) Myth.
(c) Book.
(d) Libel.

6. Because the tribesmen have no quarrel with the ____________, they are treated kindly, remarkably generously in the opinion of many of the Bedouin.
(a) Women.
(b) Jews.
(c) Children.
(d) Arabs.

7. ____________ by non-Israeli Arabs sharpened the government's security concerns.
(a) Discussions.
(b) Peace.
(c) Assemblies.
(d) Terrorism.

8. Shipler continues to find both groups of students hopefully ______________, trying to change their ways of thinking.
(a) Civil.
(b) Resilient.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Skeptical.

9. The program allows teens to break down ___________ and confront stereotypes.
(a) Barriers.
(b) Worry.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Fears.

10. According to Shipler, during this time, who ranked below the national average in petty crime?
(a) Israeli-Arabs.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Jews.
(d) No one.

11. The newborn state of __________ in 1948 pledged to uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens.
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Israel.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

12. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.
(a) Premarital intimacy.
(b) Touching.
(c) Unarranged marriages.
(d) Boyfriends.

13. A reporter Shipler brought with him to the prison camp was a survivor of ______________.
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Polio.
(d) Auschwitz.

14. Under Muslim control, Jews adapted their _____________ to fit local conditions.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Books.
(c) Customs.
(d) Families.

15. Jews were rarely oppressed or exterminated by Muslims as they were by _____________.
(a) Wanderers.
(b) Atheists.
(c) Christians.
(d) Other Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler describes the prison camp as a squalid _______, stinking of sewage and garbage.

2. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.

3. What is the name of the infamous publication that President Nasser used?

4. ___________ seems to grip the imaginations of Muslim students, according to Shipler.

5. When one of two partners in the marriage converts, the ceremony is said to have taken place between two ____________.

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