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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 has Tom Richardson come to get from Teddy Laskov?
(a) A schedule for the peace talks.
(b) Information about the protective coverage of the Concorde flights.
(c) Approval of the American participation.
(d) Approval for changes being made to the assigned escorts.

2. What does Isaiah prophecy will be the fate of Babylon?
(a) It will never again be inhabited.
(b) It will never again be remembered.
(c) It will never again conquer the Jews.
(d) It will be conquered by Assyrians.

3. What makes Babylon so difficult for outside help to access?
(a) The lack of roads and communication systems.
(b) The flooding Euphrates and the wind.
(c) The language barrier.
(d) The hostile central government.

4. Why doesn't Naomi Haber want to be a sniper?
(a) She's sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
(b) She isn't a good shot.
(c) She hasn't been trained in artillery fire.
(d) She doesn't think she could kill a person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is helping the rescue operation a no-lose situation for the Iraqi government?

2. Why doesn't Joshua Giddel attack the guest house that is the attackers' headquarters?

3. Why is the language similarity between Hebrew and Arabic ironic?

4. What does Samuel Bartok offer to do regardless of whether the rescue mission succeeds?

5. How many assailants are there, according to the captive?

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