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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 has David Becker done throughout the standoff?
(a) Worked on the generator.
(b) Kept a log.
(c) Fired on the attackers.
(d) Tended the wounded.

2. What does the intruding plane inform the Concordes?
(a) There are suicide bombers aboard each plane.
(b) There are radio-controlled missiles aimed at each plane.
(c) There are terrorists aboard each plane.
(d) There are radio-controlled bombs aboard each plane.

3. What interrupts Benjamin Dobkin's conversation with Jerusalem?
(a) The operator cuts off the call.
(b) The attackers kill Benjamin Dobkin.
(c) The joint chiefs don't believe it was Benjamin Dobkin.
(d) Benjamin Dobkin faints.

4. What does Ahmed Rish say are the two possibilities for Jews in Babylon?
(a) Infinite sadness or a miracle.
(b) Conquer or die.
(c) Return home or remain behind.
(d) Surrender or death.

5. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?
(a) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of food.
(b) The defenders have to wait only until the attackers give up.
(c) The defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(d) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of ammunition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has secured Babylon's place in history?

3. What does Ahmed Rish say will be his first act upon landing?

4. What does the Pazuzu represent?

5. What does Babylon symbolize in the Bible?

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