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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The King Hussein of _______ vows to work for peace and for security in the area.

3. As of the 2002 postscript, there is no lessening of the __________ desire to return to their homes.

4. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.

5. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Shipler discusses the naivety of what official Israeli strategy as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations?

4. Why does the 12-year-old Palestinian in Jabalya have no past and no future, according to Shipler?

5. What is the contradiction in opinion that Jews have about Arabs and their work ethic?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Arabs were expelled from their lands in 1948 and since then have wanted to return home, causing conflict and hard feelings.

Part 1: Do you think it was right to banish the Arabs from their lands in the first place? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think the Arabs have a right to go back to their homeland? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the expelled people must feel in a land which is not their own?

Essay Topic 2

Intermarriage is something that is abhorred in the midst of the tension between the Arabs and the Jews.

Part 1: Why do you think intermarriage is prohibited in the minds of the people in society?

Part 2: What might some of the benefits of intermarriage be to the tensions between the groups of people?

Part 3: Do you think that intermarriage is a bad thing? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Arabs often question the myths they have heard about the Jewish people as they are constantly in contact with them.

Part 1: Do you think integration will help to encourage different groups to better understand and tolerate each other? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think Arabs are unable to get away from the Jewish people?

Part 3: Do you feel races should all live amongst each other? Why or why not?

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