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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. What does Elias call upon the Palestinians to do?
(a) Give the Jewish people a chance to redeem themselves.
(b) Stop the violence and martyrdom.
(c) Stop hating the Jews.
(d) Refuse to move off their lands any more.

2. What act by the Fedayeen worsens the situation terribly for Palestinians?
(a) Killing the Prime Minister.
(b) Setting off a bomb in a Jewish school and killing many children.
(c) Declaring a state of war.
(d) Killing Jewish athletes in Munich.

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

4. Who begins the process of unity?
(a) Elias and the Responsible.
(b) Two cousins.
(c) A father and son.
(d) Two brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bishop tell Elias?

2. What does Elias do to better understand the situation in Palestine?

3. What does Elias do with a monetary gift from a grateful village?

4. What is the Jewish state like in 1967?

5. Who verbally attacks Elias?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elias feel after researching the history of Palestine and Jews and why did he feel that way?

2. What does Elias ask of the Jew, Westerners, and Arabs?

3. What was the political and economic situation like in Israel in 1967?

4. What did Elias continue to do after Palm Sunday and what did the sisters do?

5. What did more moderate Jews call for about the establishment of Israel and the Palestinian problem?

6. Why does he consider the conflict in Israel so horrific?

7. What massacre was Elias told about that made Elias decide not to leave Israel?

8. What had happened in Palestine by the time Elias returned there after his studies in Paris?

9. What was Bishop Raya's background and what was he determined to do?

10. What did Elias decide to do following his initial efforts in the church at Ibillin?

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