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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shipler traces _______ waves of settles, none of whom felt any mystical attraction to the land.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. Both sides, it seems to Shipler, have many ________, making a discussion of them all the more difficult.
(a) Children.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Histories.
(d) Facets.

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

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

5. The opening of the chapter depicts an incident which took place on King _________ Street in Jerusalem.
(a) Peter.
(b) Henry.
(c) George.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is fear, but also ________ in the way that Israeli Jews view the Arab.

2. 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.

3. Acts of violence lead to ___________, worst case assumptions and calls for retribution.

4. ____________ is comfortable to both sides as everyone knows unambiguously whom to hate.

5. _________ work is frequently found in juvenile literature for Jews, reinforcing stereotypes.

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to paranoia about what might be said by Arabs on the television or on the radio?

2. The college age Palestinian who was taken prisoner by the Israeli patrol found out what during his imprisonment?

3. What do the Palestinians NOT do, even though many Jews say that they do?

4. What does Shipler explain about the Middle Easterners and what they have felt they need to do?

5. What is the official Israeli myth which is dissected in the book which Shipler has written?

6. What are some of the ways in which the Israeli Jews see the Arabs, sometimes being disgusted and yet infatuated?

7. Where was Shipler wandering in the streets at the start of this book and its narrative?

8. And finally, what is Shipler's third goal for this book and for the reading audience as a whole?

9. What is the first goal of Shipler as he strives to create a main discussion for this book?

10. What does Rabbi Hartman have to say about religion at the start of this chapter?

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