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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Religious.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Violent.

2. Critics see no need to meet the enemy personally as they already know what ___________ are like.
(a) Tourists.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Jews.

3. Both sides, it seems to Shipler, have many ________, making a discussion of them all the more difficult.
(a) Children.
(b) Histories.
(c) Facets.
(d) Beliefs.

4. Jews can not necessarily deal with the idea that modern __________ Arabs do not fit into their stereotypes.
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Wandering.
(d) Muslim.

5. Sometimes, being ____________ is advantageous because there is no legacy of long standing antagonism.
(a) Jewish.
(b) A woman.
(c) An outsider.
(d) Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are considered to be fearsome, violent, immensely strong, cruel and cowardly?

2. Israeli hardliners play up the power of the Arabs, lest others try to understand their ____________.

3. Many Arabs can not deal with Jews whose own _________ prevent contact and study.

4. Settlers referred to their occupation of the territories as ______________.

5. Shipler deals with the Jewish stereotype that Arabs are violent, uncivilized ___________.

(see the answer key)

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