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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 is pilot David Becker counting as he flies?
(a) How many refuelings the flight will require.
(b) How many flight miles he has left before New York.
(c) How many escorts are in view.
(d) How many more takeoffs and landings he will perform.

2. Who is a last-minute addition to the flight on Concorde 01?
(a) Teddy Laskov.
(b) John McClure.
(c) David Becker.
(d) Tom Richardson.

3. What prophecy about Babylon did Benjamin Dobkin see was fulfilled?
(a) "Babylon shall never again be conquered."
(b) "Babylon shall rise from the dust."
(c) "Babylon shall become heaps,..a dwelling place for wild beasts."
(d) "Babylon shall be a marvelous work and a wonder."

4. What ritual proceeding does the rabbi call a "strange custom"?
(a) Covering the faces of the dead.
(b) Saying prayers on behalf of the dead.
(c) Waiting until after the Sabbath to bury the dead.
(d) Refusing to bury nonbelievers.

5. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?
(a) He wants to die.
(b) He doesn't want to have to kill Ahmed Rish.
(c) He wants the responsibility to be someone else's.
(d) He wants the peril to end.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that Nuri Salameh displays what "ancient Arab character flaw"?

2. In Becker's opinion, why is Hausner's judgment no longer dependable?

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

4. What approaches the Concorde flights unexpectedly?

5. How does Tom Richardson reveal himself as a traitor to John McClure?

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