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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ryan and the U.S. President are going to Moscow, what is being done with the nuclear warheads that Yamata possesses?
(a) They are being repaired.
(b) They are being loaded into the missiles.
(c) They are being assembled.
(d) They are undergoing final tests.

2. What does the Trade Reform Act do?
(a) It restricts trade with Japan.
(b) It places a tariff on Japanese goods.
(c) It mandates security measures and government regulation for fuel tanks.
(d) It allows the President to order the inspection of imported goods.

3. What are "zaibatsu"?
(a) Wealthy businessmen and industrialists.
(b) Start-up companies.
(c) Informants.
(d) A brand of cars.

4. What does Ryan think is the cause for the problems in the U.S. military?
(a) The alliance with the European Union.
(b) The lack of real enemies.
(c) A long period of peace.
(d) Lack of funding.

5. What is the CIA operative Chet Nomuri's mission?
(a) To undermine Goto's campaign.
(b) To gather information on the ziabatsu-Goto connection.
(c) To infiltrate and assassinate the ziabatsu.
(d) To kill Yamata.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much has U.S. military power been reduced from its former capacity?

2. What is the state of Africa when the novel begins?

3. What is the first step in Yamata's plan for responding to the Trade Reform Act?

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

5. Why does Yamata tell Goto that he must get rid of his American mistress?

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