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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob Hausner encourage Moshe Kaplan to do?
(a) Attempt to shoot Ahmed Rish.
(b) Collect ammunition for Naomi Haber.
(c) Attempt an escape down the west side.
(d) Take an outpost position to warn the others.

2. Why do Isaac Burg and Jacob Hausner agree that the time has come to give no orders?
(a) People would disobey and scatter.
(b) People no longer trust their leadership.
(c) The leaders are not sure what's best to do.
(d) Individual survival instincts will take over.

3. What is the Hebrew word for the Hamseen?
(a) Shalom.
(b) Scirocco.
(c) Sharav.
(d) Sherji.

4. What does Miriam Bernstein think her mother could have written?
(a) The account of the Holocaust.
(b) A diary.
(c) The family genealogy.
(d) The Ravensbruck poem.

5. What role does Shear-jashub say Jews in Babylon have played in history?
(a) They suffered on behalf of the entire culture.
(b) They taught Jewish beliefs to the Babylonians.
(c) They were the center of Jewish culture and learning.
(d) They integrated Jews into the larger world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ariel Weizman want the defenders to do?

2. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?

3. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?

4. What information does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner?

5. What does Moshe Kaplan's sacrifice accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which countries are now involved in the events in Babylon?

2. What does Major Bartok find surprising about Nathan Burg's report of the incident?

3. Why does Jacob Hausner think it is better for Miriam Bernstein to cry and howl when she is suffering pain and grief?

4. To what does Major Bartok eventually attribute the successful defense of Concorde 02?

5. Why do Jacob Hausner and Nathan Burg conclude that the conduct of a war is too important to be left to politicians?

6. Why does Benjamin Dobkin have a sense of deja vu when he enters by the Ishtar Gate?

7. What is the purpose of Ibrahim Arif's taunting of Salem Hamadi?

8. What motives does Nathan Burg attribute to Jacob Hausner for wanting to stay behind when the aircraft left the mountaintop?

9. Why does Salem Hamadi understand that their attempt at getting money by taking the passengers of the Concorde 02 is over whether they win or lose the assault?

10. How have the attackers improved their tactics for the second attack?

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