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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. Why does Benjamin Dobkin think the terrorists will attack quickly?
(a) The longer they wait, the more weary they become.
(b) The longer they wait, the more discouraged they become.
(c) The longer they wait, the worse the light becomes.
(d) The longer they wait, the more organized the defense becomes.

2. What do Benjamin Dobkin and Itzhak Talman recommend to the joint chiefs of staff in Jerusalem?
(a) No reconnaissance flight over Babylon.
(b) An Israeli reconnaissance flight over Babylon.
(c) An Iraqi reconnaissance flight over Babylon.
(d) An American reconnaissance flight over Babylon.

3. Why does Ahmed Rish slap Jacob Hausner?
(a) The slap cancels the insult of Jacob Hausner's slapping Ahmed Rish years before.
(b) The slap reminds Jacob Hausner of who is in charge of the situation.
(c) The slap is a signal to the other assailants.
(d) The slap is an accident, a violation of his promise to control his anger.

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

5. What is significant about the room where Ahmed Rish interviews Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) It is the room where Nebuchadnezzar saw the writing on the wall.
(b) It is the room where Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall.
(c) It is the room where Shear-jashub saw the writing on the wall.
(d) It is the room where Isaiah saw the writing on the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Benjamin Dobkin sure Ahmed Rish has chosen the guest house in the ruins as his command center?

2. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?

3. How is the second onslaught by the attackers better done than the first?

4. What first lets Nuri Salameh know he will not be going home from the meeting with Ahmed Rish?

5. What did Jacob Hausner bring with him that impresses Benjamin Dobkin?

(see the answer key)

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