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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instructions is Rear Admiral Jackson given as part of Ryan's military operation?
(a) He should avoid enemy contact at all costs.
(b) He should use specific islands for flight operations.
(c) He should target Japanese radar sites.
(d) He should hunt and engage enemy submarines.

2. Jack Ryan realizes that which of the following is the key to deciding on a response to the Japanese attacks?
(a) Gathering military intelligence on Japan.
(b) Preventing Japan from gaining intelligence on the U.S.
(c) Gauging the willingness of Japan to enter a real war.
(d) Understanding Japan's goals.

3. What does Yamata order the Japanese carriers in the Marianas to do?
(a) Bomb the civilian population.
(b) Retreat and defend the home islands.
(c) Hold their positions at all costs.
(d) Destroy the Stennis.

4. What does Jack Ryan determine about Japanese nuclear capabilities?
(a) They have twenty launchers with seven missiles each.
(b) They can reach any point in the world with their missiles.
(c) They have under five hundred missiles.
(d) Their warheads are relatively small.

5. What mysterious term does Nomuri overhear in a ziabatsu-frequented bathhouse?
(a) "Strategic naval zone."
(b) "Absolute control doctrine."
(c) "Engagement direction official."
(d) "Northern resource area."

6. The Americans search for the Japanese nuclear weapons with which primary tactic?
(a) Intelligence reports.
(b) Japanese shipping logs.
(c) Direct reconnaissance.
(d) Satallite photographs.

7. Why does Yamata arrange for Koga to be kidnapped?
(a) He has discovered the U.S. is in contact with him.
(b) He fears Koga is up to something.
(c) In order to use him as a hostage.
(d) He retains a personal vendetta against Koga.

8. How are the three Comanche helicopters refueled over the Pacific?
(a) By one of the Ohio-class submarines.
(b) By the Stennis.
(c) By a refueling plane from the Stennis.
(d) By Russian aircraft.

9. Why does Cook provide additional information to Nagumo?
(a) He doesn't realize what he's saying.
(b) In exchange for more money.
(c) In order to "save" himself.
(d) He embraced the Japanese cause.

10. What vehicles are sent along with military personnel to an air base in Russia?
(a) Ten armored personnel carriers.
(b) A squadron of tanks.
(c) Two C130 gunships.
(d) Three Comanche helicopters.

11. What does Ryan do with Cook after their initial meetings?
(a) He fires him.
(b) He promotes him.
(c) He places surveillance on him.
(d) He becomes good friends with him.

12. What is Cook able to offer for Nagumo during the negotiations in Washington?
(a) Preferable access to U.S. oil in Alaska.
(b) Easing the new trade law restrictions.
(c) Half of the Marianas islands.
(d) Sit-down talks with the President.

13. What special operations force is readied for an undisclosed mission as part of Ryan's military operation?
(a) Rangers.
(b) Marine Recon Snipers.
(c) Navy Seals.
(d) Green Berets.

14. What targets do the Comanche helicopters destroy in Japan?
(a) The homes of prominent ziabatsu.
(b) Japanese industrial facilities.
(c) The Japanese stock markets.
(d) The nuclear missile launch sites.

15. How are the Rangers inserted in Japan?
(a) They parachute into a remote location.
(b) They arrive in a sealed cargo container.
(c) They arrive by airliner as tourists.
(d) They land amphibiously at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the U.S. carrier undergoing rapid repairs to make it seaworthy quickly?

2. What event does JAL pilot Torajiro Sato witness while in flight from Saipan?

3. The Rangers sent to Japan are given false papers identifying them as being of what nationality?

4. Following the economic crisis, what action does the Federal Reserve take to help banks?

5. What agency is called to deal with Cook's apparent betrayal?

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