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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes the Diet to render a no-confidence vote against Koga, the prime minister of Japan?
(a) The government debt goes out of contol.
(b) Scandalous charges are brought against him.
(c) Unemployment hits record levels.
(d) The Japanese stock market plummets.

3. What is happening to the global stock of nuclear weapons when the novel begins?
(a) Most major countries have nuclear weapons.
(b) Both the U.S. and Russia are disposing of their weapons.
(c) Many private companies are secretly developing these weapons.
(d) Both the U.S. and Russia are stockpiling weapons.

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

5. Who asks Murray to postpone arresting Kealty?
(a) Foley.
(b) Hanson.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Durling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new technology is Japan eager to test during the war games?

2. What event causes the U.S. administration to plan a trip to Moscow to celebrate?

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

4. Why do the President and Ryan go to Moscow soon after Kimberly Norton's death?

5. When Ryan and the U.S. President are going to Moscow, what is being done with the nuclear warheads that Yamata possesses?

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