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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fourteenth Day, Thursday, 16 December.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ramius plan to get his crew off of the ship?
(a) Tells them they are under attack by the Americans
(b) Sinks the ship and relies on the Americans to save them
(c) Simply orders them to abandon ship
(d) Tells them the ship is damaged and they must evacuate

2. Which of the following is the best definition of reactor as it is used in the novel so far?
(a) A thing that undergoes a reaction
(b) An apparatus in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction can be started
(c) A large container or vat
(d) A device that introduces reluctance into a circuit

3. Who are sent to inspect the Red October?
(a) KGB officers
(b) Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee
(c) Members of the Invincible
(d) A group of intelligence officers

4. Which of the following is the most accurate description of Jones?
(a) Hearing genius
(b) Technical advisor
(c) CIA operative
(d) Computer genius

5. Who kills the spy?
(a) Ryan
(b) Ramius
(c) Williams
(d) Henderson

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers of the suggest is causing the reactor scare?

2. Which of the following characters is the sonar specialist on the USS Dallas?

3. What does the CIA ask of Jack Ryan?

4. What is the CIA trying to determine?

5. Which of the following is not something the USS New Jersey did when they approached the Russian Fleet?

(see the answer key)

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