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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hausner carry back up the hill to the Concorde?
2. What has secured Babylon's place in history?
3. Why does Hausner say he mistrusts the peace delegation?
4. What does Benjamin Dobkin carry with him to take his own life if he is captured?
5. Why is Jerusalem unable to track the flight of the Concorde and its assailant over land?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Teddy Laskov unsure of his standing with Miriam Bernstein?
2. Why does Jacob Hausner believe it important to establish the chain of command?
3. What is the metaphor that Ahmed Rish uses about the joker in the deck?
4. How does Benjamin Dobkin react to Jacob Hausner's assumption of leadership within the defenders?
5. What does Abdel Majid Jabari's position in the Knesset tell us about the Jewish leadership?
6. 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?
7. What reputation do the Jews have regarding terrorism and how is it affecting the present situation?
8. 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?
9. As an Algerian in France, Nuri Salameh is a "stranger in a strange land." Do you think that situation makes a difference in his decision to obey Ahmed Rish and plant the bomb on the aircraft?
10. Why does Jacob Hausner get little respect from Benjamin Dobkin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The kheffiyah (keffiyah) plays an important role in this story, as it both identifies and disguises characters. Write an essay explaining how an article of clothing can carry such weight of identity. Use scenes from the story in which characters either identify or disguise themselves to make your point.
Essay Topic 2
The quotation of scriptural prophecies create the impression that DeMille wants readers to see the characters in this story as part of Biblical prophecy. In your essay, analyze whether these characters see themselves as part of a long history or as isolated participants in a single event, alone and unsupported in the larger world. Use quotations from the story to substantiate your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
The Diaspora - the scattering of captive Jews throughout different lands as a result of captivity - has a strong effect on Jews in Israel as well as on those who are themselves scattered. In your essay, discuss the effect on this story of the Jews in the Iraqi Ummah.
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