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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three,Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 34-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter Kahn see as his mission?
(a) To make radio contact with Jerusalem.
(b) To build the defensive line.
(c) To get the APU to power the Concorde.
(d) To train the defenders in weaponry.

2. What does Jacob Hausner decide never to tell Miriam Bernstein?
(a) That Teddy Laskov knows about her missing husband.
(b) That no one knows about her missing husband.
(c) That Ahmed Rish knows about her missing husband.
(d) That he, Jacob Hausner, knows about her missing husband.

3. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?
(a) His ancestors had probably lived there.
(b) He had visited as a tourist.
(c) He had made a religious pilgrimage there.
(d) He had sworn never to visit there.

4. Why is Abdel Majid Jabari hated by many Palestinians?
(a) He is a spy who has betrayed Palestinian activists.
(b) He is a failed Palestinian operative.
(c) He is a general who has fought against Palestine.
(d) He is a Palestinian who has made a separate peace with Israel.

5. How does the author say the painters enter to paint the aircraft?
(a) Noisily, as if entering a party.
(b) Reluctantly, as if facing an unpleasant task.
(c) Joyfully, as if in a parade.
(d) Quietly, as if entering a holy place.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what has Ahmed Rish's fighting force been reduced at the end?

3. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?

4. Why does Teddy Laskov forbid David Becker to move the Concorde?

5. What ritual proceeding does the rabbi call a "strange custom"?

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