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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. Israel keeps no statistics on ____________, according to Shipler's findings.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Births.
(c) Intermarriages.
(d) Land ownership.

2. A teenage Bedouin girl asks for a ride back to the herd of ________ she tends.
(a) Goats.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Camels.
(d) Horses.

3. ____________ suffer more overt opposition from their parents than their partners do.
(a) Jewish men.
(b) Arab men.
(c) Arab women.
(d) Jewish women.

4. What is the name of the infamous publication that President Nasser used?
(a) The Protocols of Zion.
(b) The Protocols of Israel.
(c) The Final Solution.
(d) The Bible.

5. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.
(a) Infertility.
(b) Prowess.
(c) Impotence.
(d) Domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ is the name of a prison camp constructed in southern Lebanon.

2. Some ____________ oppose any vote for Israeli-Arabs since they are exempt from military service.

3. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.

4. The young girl says she would like to learn how to __________, but she is too old for coeducational learning.

5. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some Jews oppose any vote for Israeli-Arabs?

2. What did the government pour millions of dollars into, thought they would not support Neve Shalom?

3. Why are there no statistics on the intermarriages between Arabs and Jews?

4. Why do Arabs know little about the Holocaust, according to Shipler?

5. What are almost all mixed marriages comprised of in terms of gender and religion?

6. After 45 days of imprisonment and torture, what did the young Palestinian swore he had done during that time?

7. What does Shipler find a striking similarity between when this chapter begins?

8. Why do the Bedouin light a small fire as soon as they stop in a given place?

9. Who did Shipler visit each time he went to Israel in 1993 and in 2001?

10. What are the two dangers being seen in interracial mingling between Arabs and Jews?

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