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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. How long does the second attack last?

2. What information does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner?

3. Why does the foreign minister think Jacob Hausner stayed behind?

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

5. What does Jacob Hausner encourage Moshe Kaplan to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dr. Al-Thanni recommend that Joshua Giddel make no attempt to rescue Benjamin Dobkin?

2. How does Yigael Tekoah become a hero?

3. Who suffered disproportionately during the captivity, and why?

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

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

6. Why does Miriam Bernstein believe that Jacob Hausner wanted to stay behind?

7. What does Major Bartok find surprising about Nathan Burg's report of the incident?

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

9. Which countries are now involved in the events in Babylon?

10. Why does Miriam Bernstein believe the role of the scribe is so important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dramatic irony takes place when the reader knows vital information that the characters do not. There is one place in this story where dramatic irony is in full effect. In your essay, discuss that situation and the effect that it has upon the suspense of a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Tone is the way the author feels about his subject. DeMille's tone ranges from the deeply poetic and meaningful Bible passages he quotes to bloody scenes of torture. In your essay, analyze the tone of this story. How do you think DeMille feels about the political forces behind the action in this story? How can you tell?

Essay Topic 3

The setting is critical to this story. In your essay, outline the cultural and political setting in which the characters find themselves. Consider the contrast between the tourists who will come later in the year to visit the site of the ancient Babylonian captivity and the characters who are themselves actually captive there.

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