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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. To improve the condition of the _________ would lesson the tension necessary to achieve statehood.
(a) Camps.
(b) Mosques.
(c) Sanitation.
(d) Temples.

2. Laura Franklin notes that it's true that __________ are dirty and sweaty at work, but that their homes are immaculate.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Jews.

3. The King Hussein of _______ vows to work for peace and for security in the area.
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Israel.

4. But wealthy Jews also detest Arabs for being ___________ in attitude when they are regularly employed.
(a) Negative.
(b) Uppity.
(c) Bold.
(d) Positive.

5. Israeli authorities monitor ___________ prayers in the mosques, warning imams not to preach on controversial subjects.
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Lebanese women opposes a _________________ between Israel and Lebanon because this would result in an expansion of the Jewish state.

2. The Jewish feel that the Arabs understand only a language of __________ and soft-handed policies will fail.

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

4. Shipler fears that Arab youth are being affected by the Israeli ___________ using strong arm tactics in the presence of youth.

5. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Unless a two state solution can be found, what will the population of Arabs to Jews be in the coming years?

4. What does Shipler discuss as being the goal of terrorism amongst the Jews and Arabs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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