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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shipler claims that at the time he and his family lived in Jerusalem, it was safer than _____________.
(a) Ramallah.
(b) New York City.
(c) Mogadishu.
(d) Chicago.

2. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Remembrance.
(c) War.
(d) Souls.

3. The newborn state of __________ in 1948 pledged to uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens.
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Israel.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

4. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.
(a) Boyfriends.
(b) Touching.
(c) Unarranged marriages.
(d) Premarital intimacy.

5. Who are considered to be fearsome, violent, immensely strong, cruel and cowardly?
(a) Both.
(b) Neither.
(c) Jews.
(d) Arabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In response to the celebrations of the Israelis, the Arabs began to celebrate al-Nakba, which is translated to mean what?

2. Those who are citizens of _________ are less feared than those people in the West Bank.

3. It is believed that ______________ changed the Jews.

4. Shipler describes the prison camp as a squalid _______, stinking of sewage and garbage.

5. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.

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