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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who mourned together?
(a) Muslims and Christians.
(b) No one as there is too much rancor.
(c) Jews and Palestinians.
(d) Christians and Muslims.

2. What is Palestine when Elias returns home?
(a) Three different countries, which are Israel, Palestine and Golan.
(b) Israel.
(c) It is still called Palestine, though there is a movement to rename it.
(d) Two different countries, which are Israel and Palestine.

3. What does Elias do with a monetary gift from a grateful village?
(a) Uses it to buy television time in the United States to spread the word of the plight of the Palestinians.
(b) Returns it to the village to begin construction on a library and community center.
(c) Uses it to finance mediation between the villagers and a nearby Jewish settlement.
(d) Gives it to his superior.

4. What starts appearing at the door to Elias' residence?
(a) Materials to make his place more comfortable.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Daily food gifts.
(d) Young children to ask him about Jesus.

5. What does Elias ask of Westerners?
(a) Search for a means that both sides can win.
(b) Stop thinking that Arabs are the only terrorists in the situation.
(c) Stay out of the conflict.
(d) Ask hard questions of Israel.

6. What does Egypt do in retaliation for the Israeli refusal to do as the United Nations asks?
(a) Attacks Jerusalem.
(b) Attacks the outlying Jewish settlements.
(c) Blocks Israel's one port.
(d) Tries to assassinate the Prime Minister.

7. What leads to violence between the Zionist and native Palestinians during the 1930s?
(a) Illegal seizure of lands by the Zionist.
(b) The other Arab countries sending in small groups of men to help the native Palestinians.
(c) Wholesale slaughter of native Palestinians by the Zionist.
(d) Increased immigration of Jews into Palestine.

8. How are the native Palestinians treated?
(a) They are discriminated against.
(b) They are full citizens with all rights.
(c) They are treated fairly.
(d) They are considered non-citizens.

9. With what do the Palestinians still struggle?
(a) Basic survival.
(b) Anger.
(c) The need for validation.
(d) Their desire for revenge.

10. With what is Elias temporarily elated?
(a) The success of the villagers at Ibillin.
(b) The new awareness of the world to the Palestinian problem.
(c) the march to the Knesset.
(d) The new rights awarded native Palestinians.

11. What percentage of non-Jewish communities existed in Palestine at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1917?
(a) 25.
(b) 66.
(c) 92.
(d) 55.

12. How does Elias say terrorism is often redefined as?
(a) Heroism.
(b) God's calling.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Justification for wrongs.

13. What does Elias do when he leaves Germany?
(a) Leaves the priesthood.
(b) Returns to the Middle East.
(c) Emigrates to the United States.
(d) Accepts a teaching post at Oxford.

14. What are Elias's efforts in Ibillin not hugely successful?
(a) The villagers are fearful.
(b) He is too pushy.
(c) He receives no support from his Bishop.
(d) He is viewed with suspicion.

15. To what are the Palestinian youth turning?
(a) Terrorists.
(b) Drugs, alcohol, and crime.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Education so they can hold their own against the Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his ordination, what does Elias receive?

2. How long does Elias vow he will stay in Ibillin?

3. What is the Jewish state like in 1967?

4. What is Elias read to do?

5. Who takes over the rule of Palestine after WWI?

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