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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. Shipler does admit to finding much _______________ among the Arabs he visits, but little of the systematic vindictiveness described in the previous chapter.

2. Shipler notes that a shift in tactics to assaults on select individuals backfired when applied to ___________ in the West Bank.

3. The author observes that a "great tangle of nonsense grows from a seed of __________."

4. But wealthy Jews also detest Arabs for being ___________ in attitude when they are regularly employed.

5. A 1984 commuter bus hijacking occurred, but the Israeli military censors imposed a complete _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the two day celebration of the Day of Remembrance celebrate according to the book?

2. What does Shipler claim about Jerusalem at the time he and his family lived there in regards to its safety?

3. What is the first goal of Shipler as he strives to create a main discussion for this book?

4. What is the second goal of Shipler for this book and for the understanding of the reader?

5. Why does the Arab side of the argument lack a spokesperson for reason?

6. What happens when some of the people retreat to dogmatism in their thinking about the enemy?

7. Shipler discusses the naivety of what official Israeli strategy as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations?

8. Where does Shipler note that the stereotypes of Arabs are depicted in the everyday culture?

9. Where is the Israelis' rejection of Palestinianism shown, according to Shipler?

10. What does Shipler mean when he discusses the idea of 'culture of the desert'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A boy who did not agree with the anti-Arab bigotry in his school was called a traitor.

Part 1: Why do you think this Jewish boy was labeled a traitor?

Part 2: How else might the group have responded to the statement of the boy?

Part 3: Do you think the Jewish boy in today's world and in this classroom might face the same feedback? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What's perhaps most compelling about the divide between the Arabs and the Jews is its long, complex history.

Part 1: Why do you think the chasm between the Arabs and the Jews has lasted so long?

Part 2: How can someone stop a belief system which has been in place for centuries? Can they?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to change thinking which has been indoctrinated into a culture?

Essay Topic 3

Intermarriage is something that is abhorred in the midst of the tension between the Arabs and the Jews.

Part 1: Why do you think intermarriage is prohibited in the minds of the people in society?

Part 2: What might some of the benefits of intermarriage be to the tensions between the groups of people?

Part 3: Do you think that intermarriage is a bad thing? Why or why not?

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