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

2. About how many military personnel are transported to an air base in Russia?

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

4. Jack Ryan realizes that which of the following is the key to deciding on a response to the Japanese attacks?

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

2. What leads to Yamata's kidnapping of Koga?

3. What troubling things does JAL pilot Torajiro Sato witness?

4. What does Ryan believe about Japan's goal ?

5. What information and resources do the Americans have in trying to locate Koga?

6. What do Durling and Ryan ask the major news networks to do?

7. What is the outcome of Ryan's plan for saving the U.S. and European economies?

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

9. What complications at home force Ryan to act quickly in forming a plan, and keep much of it secret?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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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