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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. A Lebanese woman opposed her father's speech, thanking the ___________ for liberating them from the PLO.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Arab army.
(c) Israeli army.
(d) Terrorists.

2. What is another name for the day on which the people honor the country's war dead?
(a) Jihad Day.
(b) Treatise Day.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

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

4. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.
(a) Violent.
(b) Religious.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Hopeful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To improve the condition of the _________ would lesson the tension necessary to achieve statehood.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as a result of rumors being spread of a female accomplice in the hostage situation at the start of the chapter?

2. What do some scholars with whom Shipler speaks say in regards to most Muslims' understanding of their own book?

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

4. Why is it said that conflict is comfortable to both sides of this area?

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

6. What happens because there is too much bitterness among Arabs and Jews, according to Shipler?

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

8. What happens when some of the people retreat to dogmatism in their thinking about the enemy?

9. What is the second goal of Shipler for this book and for the understanding of the reader?

10. What does Shipler say a great tangle of nonsense grows from in this chapter?

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