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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A young Palestinian asks to be called Gamal as he fears additional _________ if he is found.
(a) Torture.
(b) Shunning.
(c) Military retribution.
(d) Military service.

3. When one of two partners in the marriage converts, the ceremony is said to have taken place between two ____________.
(a) Hypocrites.
(b) Blasphemers.
(c) Co-religionists.
(d) Outcasts.

4. Religious opposition to ___________ is fused with the Western theme of scheming to control international banking, politics, and news.
(a) Usury.
(b) Holidays.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Converting.

5. Zohar says that if his parents had not remained in Israel, he would have become a ___________ in the refugee camps.
(a) Prisoner.
(b) Guerrilla.
(c) Cook.
(d) Wanderer.

6. One of the dangers of interracial mingling, according to statements made in this chapter, is the obscenity of ___________.
(a) Mixed colors.
(b) Children.
(c) Intermarriage.
(d) Religious failings.

7. Which of these answers is the name for Israel's main overseas intelligence agency?
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Shin Beth.
(d) Mossad.

8. What is the name of the infamous publication that President Nasser used?
(a) The Protocols of Zion.
(b) The Final Solution.
(c) The Protocols of Israel.
(d) The Bible.

9. _________ is the name of a prison camp constructed in southern Lebanon.
(a) Tugoht.
(b) Anwar.
(c) Phiillt.
(d) Ansar.

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

11. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.
(a) Atheist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Christian.
(d) Jewish.

12. ___________ guards at the camp range from brutal to humane, depending on the individual.
(a) Arabic.
(b) European.
(c) Israeli.
(d) African.

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

14. The young girl says she would like to learn how to __________, but she is too old for coeducational learning.
(a) Do math problems.
(b) Draw.
(c) Make more money.
(d) Read.

15. Ancient Greeks and modern Europeans both sought to assimilate the ___________.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Arab.
(c) Christians.
(d) Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some ____________ oppose any vote for Israeli-Arabs since they are exempt from military service.

2. With the rise of ___________ in the seventh century, an Arab-Jewish symbiosis flowered.

3. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.

4. Small __________ grants were what kept Neve Shalom in business over the years.

5. The newborn state of __________ in 1948 pledged to uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens.

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