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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. For what does Hausner first risk leaving the Concorde's position on the hill?
(a) To capture the weapons of the dead assailants.
(b) To reach the radio in the command center.
(c) To negotiate with Ahmed Rish.
(d) To attempt to assassinate Ahmed Rish.

2. What does Benjamin Dobkin carry with him to take his own life if he is captured?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) Digitalis.
(d) Cyanide.

3. What defense do the defenders copy from Archimedes?
(a) They use aluminum sheets to reflect the sun.
(b) They use clothing as slings.
(c) They build catapults.
(d) They all enter the airplane, like the Trojan horse.

4. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?
(a) That they serve only kosher food on the flight.
(b) That they arrive in New York before the Sabbath begins at sundown.
(c) That they offer a prayer for safe travel.
(d) That they fast and pray for the peace they will negotiate.

5. According to Psalms, what did the ancient Babylonians require of the captured Jews?
(a) A song.
(b) A poem.
(c) A story.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approaches the Concorde flights unexpectedly?

2. What does Babylon symbolize in the Bible?

3. What does Nuri Salameh offer to do in Toulouse?

4. What does Nuri Salameh worry might give him away to the workers passing under the Concorde?

5. What is David Becker's worst fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jacob Hausner believe it important to establish the chain of command?

2. What other military group had Teddy Laskov belonged to before he fought for Israel, and why had he left it?

3. A number of characters feel they have failed when the Lear jet comes into the air space of the Concorde. Who feels responsible for their failure to protect the aircraft, and why?

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

5. What compels the stay-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps to shell the Lod Airport?

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

7. Why does Jacob Hausner get little respect from Benjamin Dobkin?

8. What reputation do the Jews have regarding terrorism and how is it affecting the present situation?

9. How many civilizations overran Iraq in ancient history, and which did the worst destruction?

10. What is Ummah and why is it important?

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