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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 Ahmed Rish guarantee Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) No Israelis will be killed.
(b) No Israelis will be killed if they surrender.
(c) No Israelis will be tortured if they tell the truth.
(d) All Israelis will be released.

2. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?
(a) They will automatically be freed.
(b) As Muslims, they can expect no mercy for betraying their countrymen.
(c) They are too valuable as hostages.
(d) They are too important as informants.

3. For what does Tom Richardson apologize to Teddy Laskov?
(a) Telling him secure information on an unsecured frequency.
(b) Telling him the wrong takeoff time.
(c) Telling him to leave the cannons behind.
(d) Telling him the wrong flight pattern.

4. What has secured Babylon's place in history?
(a) Its utter destruction fulfilled Biblical prophecy.
(b) It has risen like a phoenix to new glory.
(c) Its Ishtar Gate still stands.
(d) Its hanging gardens have never been duplicated.

5. Why does Hausner believe many of the defenders will not stand and fight?
(a) They prefer to die.
(b) They expect to be rescued.
(c) They are not soldiers.
(d) They are conspirators.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jerusalem unable to track the flight of the Concorde and its assailant over land?

2. What does Asher Avidar decide to do in response to the attacker's commands?

3. What do the passengers vote to do as the plane is landing?

4. What does Miriam Bernstein think her mother could have written?

5. What two options does Jacob Hausner reject?

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