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

2. Settlers referred to their occupation of the territories as ______________.
(a) Liberation.
(b) Effective.
(c) God's will.
(d) Spiritual.

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

4. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.
(a) Arab.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Government's.

5. Shipler plans to reveal the broad forces in the area which contribute to ______________.
(a) Aversion.
(b) Peace.
(c) Change.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wealthy Jews deride the Arabs as being ____________ and about being lazy.

2. Shipler notes that _________ among Arabs is so high that it is unlikely that the virulent bigotry has much affect on Arabic minds.

3. Many Arabs can not deal with Jews whose own _________ prevent contact and study.

4. Rabbi David Hartman is a ___________ philosopher who states that religion is naturally reactionary.

5. A sociologist reports that in an integrated neighborhood, there is not tension, but there is notable ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the Israelis grow too grand to perform manual labor in their society?

3. What did politicians do when a journalist documents forced expulsions from many parts of the country?

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

5. How do Jews seem to differentiate among Arabs according to survey data that Shipler examines?

6. What does Shipler claim about Jerusalem at the time he and his family lived there in regards to its safety?

7. How are the Arab youth being affected by the actions of the Israeli police?

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

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

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

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