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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. Jews were rarely oppressed or exterminated by Muslims as they were by _____________.

2. By _________, however, students are feeling angry and personally betrayed.

3. Ancient Greeks and modern Europeans both sought to assimilate the ___________.

4. Shipler points out that few Arabs know anything about ___________ as it is not covered well, if at all, in school.

5. How long is the encounter for the teens who stay together at Neve Shalom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Proclamation of Independence call on Arabs to do?

2. What do Palestinians assume about their schools, jobs, villages, and even the refugee camps?

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

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

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

6. Why was the rise of Islam the most significant external influence on the Jews, according to Shipler?

7. Why was it witty for a Palestinian who claimed he was a target of anti-Semitism when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry?

8. What are some of the things which the Israelis have done for the Sinai Bedouin?

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

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

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

Muslim Israeli-Arabs are kept out of the draft, but the army is where people go to move up the social and economic ladder, thus they do not have a chance to excel in society.

Part 1: Why do you think military experience is so valuable in society?

Part 2: Do you think that including the Muslim Israeli-Arabs in the draft would be harmful to the army? Why or why not?

Part 3: Since the Muslim Israeli-Arabs are never going to excel in society, do you think they want to help the society at all? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The two cultures have impacted each other over the decades - with Hebrew owing much of its language to Arabic.

Part 1: Why do you think the two cultures affected each other even in the midst of tensions?

Part 2: Do you think that the intermingling of cultures is a sign that the two can eventually come to peace? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that the two cultures realize they are quite similar? Why or why not?

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