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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. The Jewish feel that the Arabs understand only a language of __________ and soft-handed policies will fail.
(a) Peace.
(b) Pity.
(c) Force.
(d) Cowardice.

2. Children taught only caution in dealing with __________ more often grow to fear and hate them.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Adults.

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

4. _________ work is frequently found in juvenile literature for Jews, reinforcing stereotypes.
(a) Savage.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Arab.

5. The author observes that a "great tangle of nonsense grows from a seed of __________."
(a) Peace.
(b) Truth.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Willingness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liberal Jews speak of fears for the integrity of the ____________ enterprise.

2. Hartman states that biblical people are ______________, which can turn religion into a force of evil.

3. A 1984 commuter bus hijacking occurred, but the Israeli military censors imposed a complete _____________.

4. Sometimes, being ____________ is advantageous because there is no legacy of long standing antagonism.

5. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why it is sometimes advantageous to be an outsider, according to Shipler?

4. What are some of the ways in which Jews typically stereotype Arabs as noted in the book?

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

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

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

8. What does Freij tell Shipler about his feelings of the Jews in regards to culture?

9. Why does the Arab side of the argument lack a spokesperson for reason?

10. Where does Shipler note that the stereotypes of Arabs are depicted in the everyday culture?

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