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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 Ron Jones use to determine that the Japanese strike must have been intentional?
(a) The positions of all ships at the time of the strike.
(b) A spy within the Japanese Navy.
(c) Satellite imagery.
(d) Intercepted radio communications.

2. How often do U.S. Japanese war game exercises take place?
(a) Only when diplomatically necessary.
(b) At irregular intervals.
(c) Much less often than in previous years.
(d) On a regular basis.

3. How do the Cresta's tanks become rusted?
(a) They rust while waiting unused in an open lot.
(b) Someone applies a fluid to them that aids in rusting.
(c) Salt for snow clearing rusts them on the road.
(d) Salty sea air rusts them during the course of travel.

4. Why is Citibank's stock sold off rapidly?
(a) Its model is no longer competitive.
(b) It loses financial backing.
(c) Computer programs predict it will suffer most from a declining dollar.
(d) Yamata orders the zaibatsu to sell it.

5. What is a Cresta?
(a) An American based Japanese company.
(b) A Japanese car brand.
(c) A type of personal aircraft.
(d) A new engine model.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ryan find the investments of Asian banks unremarkable?

2. After his meeting with Searls in New York, where does Yamata travel to in order to meet with political and military leaders?

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

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

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

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