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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 targets do the Comanche helicopters destroy in Japan?

2. How many missile sites do the bombers from Elmendorf Air Force Base destroy?

3. What is the Defense Department's assessment of U.S. military capabilities?

4. What do the bombers from Elmendorf Air Force Base destroy, besides the missile sites?

5. After the Japanese attacks, what strategic advantage has Admiral Chandraskatta achieved in his maneuvers against Admiral Dubro in the Indian Ocean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tactical situation in the Indian Ocean just after the Japanese attacks?

2. How does Ryan hope to achieve surprise in launching the carrier Stennis?

3. What resources do the Defense Department and the Pentagon determine will be available to fight the Japanese?

4. How does Nomuri react to being asked to leave the intelligence "game"?

5. Explain Ryan's plan for saving the U.S. and European economies.

6. What does Isamu Kimura agree to help the U.S. and the Russians with? How is he convinced of the rightness of his actions?

7. How are the Japanese air defenses destroyed?

8. Explain the arrangement suggested by both Nagumo and the Japanese ambassador.

9. What is Yamata's reaction to the American counter-attack?

10. How does Durling resolve the political crisis of Kealty's legal problems?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack Ryan is the protagonist of the novel. He is forced to respond to a range of critical international situations, and he has the most impact on the events of the novel.

Part 1) Describe Jack Ryan as a character. Explain his background and why he is selected to be the new National Security Advisor.

Part 2) Use evidence from the book to summarize and explain some of Ryan's positive characteristics that help him perform this new role. Overall, how good is he at this job?

Part 3) Explain Ryan's principles. What does he base his morality on, and how does he make difficult decisions? Describe some ways that Ryan's beliefs and principles shape events in the novel.

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

Technology features prominently in many of Clancy's near-future novels, and it plays in important role in many events in this novel.

Part 1) Explain some of the advanced technologies seen in the novel, including their function, purpose, and use.

Part 2) Describe ways in which these devices affect the story, and speculate as to how the story might be affected if these devices did not exist.

Part 3) Describe the use of advanced technologies in the armed conflict between the U.S. and Japan.

Provide support for your conclusions with quotes from the novel.

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