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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Day, Sunday, 5 December.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the orders for Ramius and his submarine?
(a) Training Drills
(b) Covert survelliance
(c) Defection
(d) Nuclear Tests

2. Whose biography is Jack Ryan preparing an introduction for on day two?
(a) Ramius
(b) Fleet Admiral William Halsey
(c) Farragut
(d) General Robert E. Lee

3. Which of the following characters taught Ramius to love the sea?
(a) His grandmother
(b) Sasha
(c) Natalia
(d) His father

4. How does Ramius's wife die?
(a) Drowns while visiting him at sea
(b) Complications after pneumonia
(c) Commits suicide due to horrible living conditions
(d) Complications after appendicitis

5. Why is Konovalov waiting for the Red October?
(a) They know about the plan to defect
(b) They are not waiting for the Red October
(c) They are to perform training drills together
(d) They have noticed a problem with the submarine and need to repair it

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time frame does this novel take place?

2. What is Jack Ryan's specialty as related to the military?

3. Which of the following words best describes the morale on board of the Red October on the first day?

4. Which of the following would Jack Ryan be least interested in?

5. Which of the following is the name of the Russian submarine captained by Ramius?

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