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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what nations does Yamata seek secret alliances?

3. What is Ryan's relationship with Sergey Golovko?

4. What is the current profession of the man Yamata contacts about the information about the Durling Administration?

5. What locations is Chet Nomuri ordered to continue frequenting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chavez get his news of the invasion of Saipan to the U.S. Navy?

2. What are Raizo Yamata's goals?

3. What goes wrong in an industrial process in Japan?

4. What causes the economic collapse in the U.S.?

5. How does Yamata act on the information he gains about the Durling administration?

6. How does the Cresta accident in Tennessee occur?

7. What does Yamata do with Goto's American mistress?

8. What information does Yamata want Seiji Nagumo to acquire from Chris Cook?

9. What is Jack Ryan's background, and what is his life like when the novel begins?

10. Describe the war games held between the U.S. and Japan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At least once in the course of the novel, each side in the U.S. - Japanese conflict attempts to use blackmail to its advantage. These efforts have interesting and varied effects, and it is clear that some people and groups are better at manipulating others in this way.

Part 1) Describe the major cases in the novel when blackmail is used, or its use is planned. What information is used, and how is the target assessed and informed of the situation?

Part 2) Summarize the effectiveness of these blackmail attempts. Speculate about why are some attempts more successful than others.

Part 3) Make and support and assessment whether or not the use of blackmail is acceptable as a part of warfare. Discuss specific uses of blackmail from the book.

Use examples and quotes from the book to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Justice is eventually served to many of the characters who perpetrate wrongs throughout the novel. Since moral issues and principles feature prominently in the book, it is important that these people face their fates.

Part 1) Discuss justice as a theme in this novel. What role does it play in the overall narrative?

Part 2) Describe how justice is brought against important wrongdoers in the novel.

Part 3) Explain how some characters attempt to evade justice.

Part 4) Discuss examples of characters who perpetrate wrong, but who do not face justice for their crimes.

Part 5) Discuss how well justice is served by the end of the novel.

Use examples and quotes from the book to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Yamata has a grudge against the U.S. that demands action. He forms a far-reaching plan that takes years to come to total fruition. Yamata is a brilliant strategist and will apparently stop at nothing to crush the United States. His plan effectively throws the U.S. into multiple crises at once, from which they only just manage to escape.

Part 1) Explain Yamata's specific intent with his multiple-front plan. How does he hope to bring the U.S. to its knees?

Part 2) Discuss how Yamata sows the seeds of his plans long ahead of time. What other preparations does he make?

Part 3) Describe Yamata's plan in specific detail. How is it executed in practice?

Part 4) Use specific examples to explain how Yamata deals with random emergent events and either succeeds or fails to use them to his advantage.

Part 5) Discuss the success Yamata's plan.

Provide support for your conclusions with quotes from the novel.

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