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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter Kahn finally succeed in doing?
(a) Repairing the broken wing of the aircraft.
(b) Making radio contact with Jerusalem.
(c) Getting ignition for the Concorde engine.
(d) Arming the non-combatants with homemade hand grenades.

2. Who is Sayid Talib?
(a) A Jewish Iraqi.
(b) A wounded Ashbal.
(c) A spy.
(d) A seller of dates.

3. Why is the language similarity between Hebrew and Arabic ironic?
(a) The two languages are similar; the two peoples are ancient enemies.
(b) The words are similar, but the meanings are different.
(c) The peoples are linguistically similar but geographically separated.
(d) The languages are similar, but they cannot understand one another.

4. How long does the second attack last?
(a) Seventeen minutes.
(b) All night.
(c) Two hours and fifteen minutes.
(d) Thirty-nine minutes.

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

6. What is the Hebrew word for the Hamseen?
(a) Sharav.
(b) Sherji.
(c) Scirocco.
(d) Shalom.

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

8. How many of Jacob Hausner's security team were killed?
(a) Three out of four.
(b) Six out of six.
(c) Five out of six.
(d) None of them.

9. How does Isaac Burg explain the defenders' success?
(a) Self-defense is reflexive.
(b) They were fighting to defend life and limb.
(c) They fought to defend peace as mothers defend cubs.
(d) They had well-trained combatants to teach them.

10. What does Moshe Kaplan's sacrifice accomplish?
(a) Killed Ahmed Rish.
(b) Nothing; it was a waste.
(c) Killed attackers and warned the defenders.
(d) Killed the entire invading group.

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

12. Why is Saul Ezer encouraged by the delegates in New York?
(a) It is the most varied 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 congenial group he has seen.

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

14. What does Jacob Hausner order Miriam Bernstein to do before the final battle?
(a) Tend the wounded.
(b) Tell him goodbye.
(c) Get into the Concorde.
(d) Learn to shoot.

15. What role does Shear-jashub say Jews in Babylon have played in history?
(a) They taught Jewish beliefs to the Babylonians.
(b) They suffered on behalf of the entire culture.
(c) They were the center of Jewish culture and learning.
(d) They integrated Jews into the larger world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob Hausner say will be their first action if they are overrun?

2. What keeps Salem Hamadi from murdering Ahmed Rish?

3. What information does Ahmed Rish refuse to give Jacob Hausner?

4. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?

5. Which colorful character's end is not known, so that he might turn up again in another DeMille novel?

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