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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 Jacob Hausner order Miriam Bernstein to do before the final battle?
(a) Tell him goodbye.
(b) Learn to shoot.
(c) Tend the wounded.
(d) Get into the Concorde.

2. What defense do the defenders copy from Archimedes?
(a) They use clothing as slings.
(b) They build catapults.
(c) They all enter the airplane, like the Trojan horse.
(d) They use aluminum sheets to reflect the sun.

3. Why is the escort plane flown by Teddy Lasksov unable to fire on the intruder?
(a) It maneuvers too quickly.
(b) It is carrying hostages.
(c) It is carrying explosives.
(d) It is too close to the Concordes.

4. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?
(a) They're going to be killed.
(b) There will be a news release.
(c) The transmitters are inoperational.
(d) They're going to a secret destination.

5. How does Ahmed Rish prevent communication between Concorde 02 and anyone else?
(a) He has threatened them if they sent a signal.
(b) He has destroyed their radios.
(c) He has jammed the radio frequencies.
(d) He has turned down their volume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimatum does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?

2. What is pilot David Becker counting as he flies?

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

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

5. What does the intruder order Laskov to do?

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