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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three,Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 34-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ahmed Rish think is the advantage the gods have sent the attackers?
(a) The darkness.
(b) The wind.
(c) The quiet.
(d) The heat.

3. What will happen to Jacob Hausner if he stays concealed after the attackers have passed him?
(a) He will die.
(b) He will be a hero.
(c) He will survive.
(d) He will kill Ahmed Rish.

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

5. How does Tom Richardson reveal himself as a traitor to John McClure?
(a) He tries to stop the emergency landing.
(b) He is heard making radio contact with Rish.
(c) He is the only one who knows where they are.
(d) He is discovered with a suitcase full of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ritual proceeding does the rabbi call a "strange custom"?

2. Why does Teddy Laskov forbid David Becker to move the Concorde?

3. What does Ahmed Rish refer to as the joker in the deck?

4. Why is the language similarity between Hebrew and Arabic ironic?

5. To what bird does the writer compare the aircraft?

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