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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?
(a) The defense minister.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) The captured assailant.
(d) The military attaché.

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

3. Who is in charge while the plane is in flight?
(a) Isaac Burg.
(b) Benjamin Dobkin.
(c) Jacob Hausner.
(d) David Becker.

4. Why does the rabbi tell Jacob Hausner the religious observances are important?
(a) They are important for spirituality.
(b) They are important for appearances.
(c) They are important for unity.
(d) They are important for morale.

5. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?
(a) He was chosen by vote.
(b) He has the highest military standing.
(c) He has the highest civilian standing.
(d) He commands the only trained fighters in the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahmed Rish guarantee Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?

2. To whom had the hill above the airport belonged before the Six-Day War?

3. What does Ahmed Rish say the joker does for the game of diplomacy?

4. Who will man the operation against the Lod airport?

5. What does Ahmed Rish say are the two possibilities for Jews in Babylon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chaim Mazar hope that Isaac Burg, Benjamin Dobkin, and Miriam Bernstein are all dead?

2. Why does Jacob Hausner say that he will help find medications that can kill a person if taken in overdose for Benjamin Dobkin?

3. Why do you think Tom Richardson reacts with such great emotion when Teddy Laskov tells him that he has to be careful in giving out the information about the protection being given for the Concordes?

4. Why is Teddy Laskov unsure of his standing with Miriam Bernstein?

5. What unusual defense strategies do the defenders develop as they wait for the second attack?

6. What similarities do the defenders see between themselves and those at Masada?

7. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?

8. What does the kheffiyah worn by Abdel Majid Jabari symbolize and why does it put him in danger?

9. What is the metaphor that Ahmed Rish uses about the joker in the deck?

10. Why is Dr. George Habash's quotation frightening?

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