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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yamata do with the Columbus Investment Group?
(a) He buys it in a hostile takeover.
(b) He causes its stock to plummet.
(c) He secretly bankrupts it.
(d) He purchases controlling shares.

2. Yamata is planning to refit the Russian missiles to carry what type of weapon?
(a) Dirty bombs.
(b) Nerve gas.
(c) Biological weapons.
(d) Nuclear warheads.

3. At the beginning of the novel, what job is Jack Ryan offered by President Durling?
(a) National Security Advisor.
(b) Internal Security Commissioner.
(c) Defense Directives Chairman.
(d) Secretary of Security Directives.

4. What do the Japanese troops do on Saipan?
(a) Occupy the airport and arrest the governor.
(b) Flush out all U.S. nationals.
(c) Fortify the shoreline.
(d) Begin building a military airbase.

5. After his meeting with Searls in New York, where does Yamata travel to in order to meet with political and military leaders?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Korea.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are investors cautious about heavy investment in the U.S. auto industry?

3. What is the state of Japan when the novel begins?

4. How often do U.S. Japanese war game exercises take place?

5. What is the official reason that U.S. communications are cut off in the Pacific during the Japanese attack?

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