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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. Bawer searched for information about the Islamists in the Netherlands, and found mostly what?

2. Many of the Muslims, according to Bawer, are what?

3. How many of the 5 million Muslims in France reside in Paris?

4. Bawer learns from a friend in the Netherlands that Muslim radicals are terrorizing and murdering who?

5. Why have Europeans not diverged from this view regarding the government?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a cultural practice among Muslims that would be legally punished if practiced by other groups in European countries? What is Wikan's response to this?

2. According to the author, there is a clear difference between American and European thinking. What is this difference?

3. Describe the 68ers.

4. Who is Mullah Krekar?

5. Of what is Bawer convinced? Why?

6. Why do Europeans want to avoid war? How does this desire affect them?

7. What are young Islamists taught?

8. How did the narrator react to the attacks on 9/11?

9. What did many Europeans believe about George Bush?

10. Why is the European media so different from the media in the U.S.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Separate but equal remains in many parts of Europe.

Part 1) What is meant by separate but equal? Why does this exist?

Part 2) How effective in this policy? Explain. How does this affect immigrants to Europe?

Part 3) How has the U.S. been affected by this policy? Does it still exist today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Madrid is attacked on March 11, 2004.

Part 1) Describe this attack. What is the initial reaction of Europeans? Why do they react this way? Does this reaction last? Why or why not?

Part 2) What do you believe might have been the cause of these attacks? Why? Are these attacks successful at accomplishing a goal? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this attack compare to 9/11 and other attacks on U.S. embassies?

Essay Topic 3

Americans believe in liberty for all.

Part 1) How has the author come to this conclusion? How does this compare to the European opinion of liberty?

Part 2) How does this belief affect the opinions of others towards the U.S.? Explain.

Part 3) How is this belief seen in your own community? How does it influence your daily life?

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