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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 are the secular Jews worried about as far as Zionism is concerned?
(a) That it would become a terrorist organization.
(b) That it would commit as many wrongs as it rights.
(c) That it would make Judaism a culture rather than a religion.
(d) That it would isolate Jews from the world and increase anti-Semitism.

2. Which one of Jesus' sayings comes to Elias' mind at the end of this chapter?
(a) "Work, for the night is coming."
(b) "Blessed are the poor in spirit."
(c) "Ask and ye shall receive."
(d) "Father forgive them for they know not what they do."

3. What does Elias realize is making matters worse in Ibillin?
(a) The misunderstanding between the Christians and the Muslims.
(b) The required billeting of Jewish military forces in the village.
(c) The Jewish settlement starting within a few kilometers of the village.
(d) His own anger and lack of forgiveness to the Zionists.

4. Who is killed at Sabra and Shatila?
(a) Elias' mother.
(b) Hundreds of refugees.
(c) Elias' best friend.
(d) Elias' sister.

5. What action must the Jews take according to Elias?
(a) Stop taking land.
(b) Stop believing everyone hates them.
(c) Right the wrongs and return stolen land.
(d) Find another way to survive rather than taking what is not theirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elias go to talk with the Roman Catholic sisters in Nazareth?

2. What does Elias do when he leaves Germany?

3. Who begins the process of unity?

4. About what is the United Nations pressuring Israel?

5. What does Elias call upon the Palestinians to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Elias finally do in the church at Ibillin and what was the result?

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

4. What happened about the massacre in question number 50?

5. How was Palestine ruled until the end of World War I and then what happened?

6. What type of personal epiphany did Elias have at Ibillin and what did he decide?

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

8. What does Elias Chacour hope about his book?

9. What assignment did Elias receive following his ordination and what was his first encounter like there?

10. What was Elias doing when he knew what work remained for him and what was that work?

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