exodus Flashcards
novel by
leon uris
when was the real ship’s voyage
1947
protagonist
Ari Ben Canaan
where is the Jewish detention camp
cyprus
what does Ari want to do
transfer Jewish refugees from the camp to Palestine
who acts as Ari
Paul Newman
who are the main freedom fighter
Ari
Barak Ben Canaan
Dov Landau
what is the nurse’s name
Kitty Fremont
what is the little Danish-Jewish refugee’s name
Karen Hansen
The british has a blockade of
Palestine
Palestine is under the control of the
british
what is the british’s mandate
palestine
there are _____ as to how many jews could be in palestine
quotas
what was the problem with the jew’s homeland
their homeland was occupied by arabs or palestinians
what did the jews and Arabs not want
two separate states
what did the UN decide
the establishment of Israel as an Independent state
who is ari’s father
Barak Ben Canaan
Barak heads the
Jewish Agency for palestine
who is ari’s uncle
Akiva
Akiva leads the
Maccabees based on the irgun
what is the maccabee
a militant organization based on the irgun. a radical underground zionist movement
ari was in love with a young woman named
Dafna
dafna is the namesake of the village
Gan Dafna
kitty’s daughter died of
polio
dov landau is a teenager who lost
his entire family to the holocaust
dov is assigned to work as a
Sonderkommando
dov engages who
karen
who is ari’s younger sister
Jordana
dov bombs the
king david hotel
when is akiva arrested
after the king david hotel bombing
dov gets himself arrested to
facilitate the acre prison break
akiva is _____ shot while evading a ___
fatally
roadblock
ari is ____ during the prison break
wounded
who is ari’s lifelong friend
Taha
who warns ari of the attack on gan dafna
taha
karen is killed as she is
returning to gan dafna and is ambushed by a gang of Arab militiamen
what happened to Taha
he is found dead Hanging in his village by Arab extremists with a Star of David carved on his body
