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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abdel Jabari confuse the attackers?
(a) Abdel Jabari pretends to be the voice of Ahmed Rish.
(b) Abdel Jabari prays for the souls of the attackers.
(c) Abdel Jabari mimics the voice of Salem Hamadi.
(d) In Arabic, Abdel Jabari commands the attackers to fall back.

2. What does the Pazuzu represent?
(a) The wind demon, bringing sickness and death.
(b) The demon of hatred and anger.
(c) The demon of war.
(d) The god of the desert.

3. According to Psalms, what did the ancient Babylonians require of the captured Jews?
(a) A letter.
(b) A song.
(c) A story.
(d) A poem.

4. Why does Benjamin Dobkin say the time of year is against them?
(a) The river is in flood stage.
(b) The dust will bury the Concorde.
(c) Babylon is crowded with tourists.
(d) The heat is oppressive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?

2. For what does Tom Richardson apologize to Teddy Laskov?

3. Why does Ahmed Rish have a grudge against Jacob Hausner?

4. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?

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

(see the answer key)

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