QUIZ 2.

• Position: Israel, capital punishment - Brief Article

Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 16-19, and HISTORY, pages 30-32

FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement.

1. The -- City is home to the most revered religious sites in Jerusalem.

2. Jews regard the --, the remains of an ancient temple, as their holiest site.

3. Muslims believe -- ascended to heaven from a rock now sheltered by the al-Aqsa Mosque.

4. In the 1890s, European Jews formed a movement called -- to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

5. In 1947, the -- voted to divide Palestine into two countries, one Arab, one Jewish.

   MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.

6. In 1000 b.c., a Jewish capital was established in Jerusalem by King (a) David; (b) Samuel; (c) Abraham; (d) Joseph.

7. Palestine was ruled from the 16th century to the end of World War I by the (a) British; (b) Arabs; (c) Ottoman Empire; (d) German Empire.

8. Which Arab leader threatened to declare an independent Palestinian state in mid-September if no agreement has been reached about Jerusalem? (a) King Abdullah II; (b) President Hosni Mubarak; (c) Yasir Ararat; (d) King Saud.

9. In 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Oslo Accord, which granted Palestinians self-rule in Gaza and (a) Jericho; (b) Amman; (c) Ramallah; (d) Hebron.

10. Which of the following controlled East Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967? (a) the PLO; (b) Syria; (c)Jordan; (d) Egypt.

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

11. The history article reports that Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thought that ordinary rules of society did not apply to them. What do you think may have led them to this conclusion?

12. Many of those who become criminals grow up amid poverty, violence, and danger. But Leopold and Loeb came from wealthy families and enjoyed every advantage. Does this make their crime more appalling? Why or why not?

13. Write a one- or two-sentence rebuttal to defense attorney Clarence Darrow's statement to Judge John Caverly: "Mercy is the highest attribute of man."

14. Nathan Leopold served only...