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

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

3. What keeps Salem Hamadi from murdering Ahmed Rish?
(a) Ahmed Rish is a better fighter than Salem Hamadi.
(b) Ahmed Rish is Salem Hamadi's military superior.
(c) Ahmed Rish is a hero to the Palestinian people.
(d) Ahmed Rish inspires Salem Hamadi.

4. What does Babylon symbolize in the Bible?
(a) Aggression, overcoming, and pride.
(b) Weakness, sloth, and degeneracy.
(c) Pride, carnality, and sin.
(d) Ingenuity, persistence, and ambition.

5. What will happen to Ahmed Rish and Salem Hamadi if the attack fails?
(a) They will be tried in an Israeli court.
(b) They will be killed by their own men or other Palestinians.
(c) They will be tried in an international court.
(d) They will be forced to commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Isaac Burg and Jacob Hausner agree that the time has come to give no orders?

2. What is the problem when Benjamin Dobkin makes telephone contact with Jerusalem?

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

4. How does Ibrahim Arif support the defense effort?

5. What does Miriam Bernstein hope to gain personally in New York?

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