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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. What language does Benjamin Dobkin speak to the villagers he encounters?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) English.
(d) Aramaic.

2. How does the high command in Jerusalem learn of the location of the downed Concorde 02?
(a) Reports from a nearby village.
(b) Radio transmission.
(c) High-altitude infrared photographs.
(d) Guessing from military experience.

3. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?
(a) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of food.
(b) The defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(c) The defenders have to wait only until the attackers give up.
(d) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of ammunition.

4. What information does Chaim Mazar give the joint chiefs?
(a) The identity of the spy, Jacob Hausner.
(b) The identity of the spy, Miriam Bernstein.
(c) The identity of the spy, Tom Richardson.
(d) The identity of the spy, John McClure.

5. How do the unarmed women defenders make it sound as though Israeli defenses are stronger?
(a) They shout like warriors.
(b) They play war movies in the airplane.
(c) They bang metal together.
(d) They play tape-recorded sounds of battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?

2. What makes Babylon so difficult for outside help to access?

3. What information does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner?

4. What is one theory about the unknown fate of Naomi Haber?

5. What prophecy about Babylon did Benjamin Dobkin see was fulfilled?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and when was Jeremiah's prophecy fulfilled that said, "The sea shall come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof"?

2. Why does Dr. Al-Thanni remind Joshua Giddel of Archimedes?

3. What motives does Nathan Burg attribute to Jacob Hausner for wanting to stay behind when the aircraft left the mountaintop?

4. How have the attackers improved their tactics for the second attack?

5. Why does Jacob Hausner think it is better for Miriam Bernstein to cry and howl when she is suffering pain and grief?

6. Why does Benjamin Dobkin initially direct is call to Athens, and then change his mind?

7. Why does Ahmed Rish have to wash his face and hands after his interrogation of Deborah Gideon?

8. To what does Major Bartok eventually attribute the successful defense of Concorde 02?

9. What lesson has Salem Hamadi learned as he watches the way Ahmed Rish deals with the young Ashbals?

10. Why does the Prime Minister decide to ask the Americans to do the air reconnaissance mission over Iraq?

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