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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yamata want to know about the U.S. and Russian disarmament?
(a) When the last weapons will be disarmed.
(b) What company is transporting the missiles.
(c) Where the weaponized uranium is being stored.
(d) Where the missiles are being dismantled.

2. What is the reaction of the zaibatsu to the Trade Reform Act?
(a) They panic.
(b) They scoff at it.
(c) They protest it as being anti-competitive.
(d) They are unaware of the danger it puts them in.

3. What is the state of Africa when the novel begins?
(a) It has become the world's major source of oil.
(b) It is uniting under a small number of dictators.
(c) It is becoming prosperous.
(d) It is a hotbed of coups and revolutions.

4. What is the first step in Yamata's plan for responding to the Trade Reform Act?
(a) To cut off all trade with America.
(b) To call for a tariff on American goods.
(c) To topple the current government.
(d) To organize a boycott of American goods.

5. What is Jack Ryan's profession when the novel begins?
(a) Foreign ambassador.
(b) Investment banker.
(c) Day trader.
(d) Security consultant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime is Vice President Ed Kealty accused of committing?

2. What is happening to the global stock of nuclear weapons when the novel begins?

3. What danger does the Trade Reform Act pose for Japan?

4. What is the state of the Middle-East when the novel begins?

5. What is the American reception of the new Crestas?

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