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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. What nationality is Nuri Salameh and the other workers who are complicit in sabotaging the aircraft?
(a) Algerian.
(b) Palestinian.
(c) French.
(d) Arabian.

2. 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.

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

4. Why does Ahmed Rish need to keep the defenders alive?
(a) The defenders can testify that Ahmed Rish treated them fairly.
(b) Without hostages, Ahmed Rish has no power to negotiate.
(c) Ahmed Rish does not want to be tried for murder.
(d) Ahmed Rish wants to torture the defenders.

5. What interrupts Benjamin Dobkin's conversation with Jerusalem?
(a) The attackers kill Benjamin Dobkin.
(b) Benjamin Dobkin faints.
(c) The operator cuts off the call.
(d) The joint chiefs don't believe it was Benjamin Dobkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the wind help the attackers?

2. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?

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

4. What does Ahmed Rish refer to as the joker in the deck?

5. What is the first color that blankets the entire aircraft?

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