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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the second onslaught by the attackers better done than the first?
(a) They are quicker and quieter.
(b) They are more knowledgeable.
(c) They are smarter and faster.
(d) They are more prepared to fight.

2. Who is Charon?
(a) The ferryman on the River Styx in Greek mythology.
(b) The guardian of Hell in Greek mythology.
(c) A king of Babylon in Iraqi mythology.
(d) A Hebrew king held captive in Babylon.

3. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?
(a) He had made a religious pilgrimage there.
(b) He had visited as a tourist.
(c) He had sworn never to visit there.
(d) His ancestors had probably lived there.

4. Why is Saul Ezer encouraged by the delegates in New York?
(a) It is the most congenial group he has seen.
(b) It is the most intelligent group he has seen.
(c) It is the most well-briefed group he has seen.
(d) It is the most varied group he has seen.

5. What information does Ahmed Rish refuse to give Jacob Hausner?
(a) Yosef Bernstein was shot down and killed.
(b) Deborah Gideon is alive.
(c) Tom Richardson was the spy.
(d) Benjamin Dobkin is alive.

6. What does Jacob Hausner say is more awful than the desolation of Babylon when he looks at the picture of Ahmed Rish?
(a) People's faith abandoned.
(b) The human soul debased.
(c) The human body degraded.
(d) The human mind in ruins.

7. What does Jacob Hausner decide never to tell Miriam Bernstein?
(a) That Ahmed Rish knows about her missing husband.
(b) That he, Jacob Hausner, knows about her missing husband.
(c) That no one knows about her missing husband.
(d) That Teddy Laskov knows about her missing husband.

8. What offense is committed by Miriam Bernstein?
(a) Sleeping on guard duty.
(b) Refusing to bear arms.
(c) Inciting to mutiny.
(d) Insubordination.

9. How many Ashbals participate in the final attack?
(a) More than fifty.
(b) Fewer than twenty.
(c) Fewer than forty.
(d) More than seventy.

10. What is shared by all of Miriam Bernstein's dead loved ones?
(a) None are documented.
(b) None have gravesites.
(c) None died dishonorably.
(d) None died honorably.

11. What is the problem when Benjamin Dobkin makes telephone contact with Jerusalem?
(a) Someone needs to verify that it is his voice.
(b) Someone needs to verify that he is actually in Babylon.
(c) Someone needs to verify his calling code.
(d) Someone needs to verify that he has authorization to call.

12. Why does Hausner believe many of the defenders will not stand and fight?
(a) They prefer to die.
(b) They are conspirators.
(c) They are not soldiers.
(d) They expect to be rescued.

13. Why is Teddy Laskov unable to shoot the attackers?
(a) They are out of his range.
(b) They are covered by the dusty wind.
(c) They are too scattered.
(d) They are too close to the defenders.

14. Why doesn't Joshua Giddel attack the guest house that is the attackers' headquarters?
(a) He can't find it.
(b) He doesn't know how well-armed the building is.
(c) He suspects Israeli captives are alive inside.
(d) He wants to get to the hill to help the defenders.

15. What does Samuel Bartok offer to do regardless of whether the rescue mission succeeds?
(a) Kill the remaining Ashbals.
(b) Tell the story of what happened in Babylon.
(c) Hunt down and kill Ahmed Rish.
(d) Take the Iraqi Jews home to Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Chaim Mazar give the joint chiefs?

2. What does Hausner believe the Jews should learn from the fate of Jews in Europe?

3. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?

4. How does Isaac Burg explain the defenders' success?

5. Who is Saul Ezer?

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