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

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

3. The message thanks Americans for giving the world Abraham Lincoln, Jimi Hendrix, Julia Roberts, Miles Davis, and a continuing list of ________________.

4. What was the name of this man's autobiography?

5. Did any European countries support Bush's invasion of Iraq?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do Europeans embrace each other's cultures?

2. How do most Europeans view immigrants? How does this compare to the American view of immigrants?

3. How and why has Europe come to this point regarding their immigrants?

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

5. How important is freedom to Americans?

6. What are young Islamists taught?

7. Why are Europeans wrong in assuming that any immigrants would eventually "melt" into the general culture of the country in which they settle?

8. What did the narrator encounter in Norway?

9. Describe European journalists.

10. What does the author learn is happening to certain writers in the Netherlands? Why is this happening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Europeans and Americans do not think the same way.

Part 1) What does the author mean by this? How do Americans think? How do Europeans think? What are possible causes for these differences?

Part 2) How do these different ways of thinking influence the way the country is run and the way people live?

Part 3) What differences of opinion are seen in your own life and community? What accounts for these differences?

Essay Topic 2

The writer never felt more like an American until 9/11.

Part 1) Why did he feel this way? How did his view of the U.S. change from the time he moved to Europe until this day?

Part 2) How did the view of many Europeans regarding this tragedy compare to the author's? Why? What does this say about both the author and the Europeans?

Part 3) What other events might have changed the European perspective on 9/11? Why?

Essay Topic 3

European countries are using Muslims to get rid of the Jews.

Part 1) Why does the author believe this? How are the Muslims getting rid of the Jews, according to the author?

Part 2) Why would the rest of Europe want this? How does this compare to American sentiments regarding other races?

Part 3) What does the author believe will be the end result of these actions? How does he support his beliefs? Do you agree? Why or why not?

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