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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 30-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benjamin Dobkin carry with him to take his own life if he is captured?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) Digitalis.

2. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?
(a) He had visited as a tourist.
(b) He had sworn never to visit there.
(c) He had made a religious pilgrimage there.
(d) His ancestors had probably lived there.

3. What does Salem Hamadi learn from the officer in the rear area?
(a) Help is on the way from Jerusalem.
(b) The Ashbals are in rebellion against Ahmed Rish.
(c) The Jewish Iraqis have helped Benjamin Dobkin.
(d) Benjamin Dobkin made contact with Jerusalem.

4. What does Jacob Hausner think all their cleverness and strength has accomplished?
(a) Prolonged their suffering.
(b) Earned a place in history books.
(c) Bought time for help to arrive.
(d) Saved them from the attackers.

5. What does Asher Avidar decide to do in response to the attacker's commands?
(a) Try to outrun them under cloud cover.
(b) Duck below them.
(c) Bargain for a separate peace.
(d) Fire on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Biblical scribe does Miriam Bernstein compare David Becker?

2. How does Tom Richardson reveal himself as a traitor to John McClure?

3. What does Ahmed Rish say are the two possibilities for Jews in Babylon?

4. What does Jacob Hausner say will be their first action if they are overrun?

5. What does Jacob Hausner believe Ahmed Rish will do with all hostages?

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