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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-29.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How are Japanese troops transported to Saipan during the surprise attacks?
(a) By aerial assault.
(b) By airliners from JAL.
(c) By amphibious assault ships.
(d) By helicopter.
2. Why is Citibank's stock sold off rapidly?
(a) It loses financial backing.
(b) Its model is no longer competitive.
(c) Yamata orders the zaibatsu to sell it.
(d) Computer programs predict it will suffer most from a declining dollar.
3. Why does Ryan find the investments of Asian banks unremarkable?
(a) There are not many stable investments right now.
(b) The dollar is weak vs. most major currencies at the moment.
(c) The U.S. dollar is strong vs. the Japanese yen.
(d) U.S. companies are seeking capital.
4. Winston realizes that Yamata effectively orchestrated a destabilization of the world market through what means?
(a) By controlling U.S. gold reserves.
(b) Manipulating the European markets.
(c) By short-selling U.S. banks.
(d) By destroying confidence in the U.S. dollar.
5. What is the U.S. auto industry's response to the Trade Reform Act?
(a) They are making their own vehicles safer.
(b) They are gearing up for a resurgence.
(c) They are making their own vehicles cheaper.
(d) They are protesting it as anti-competitive.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the program that Chuck Searls developed do?
2. What do Japanese banks start investing in shortly after the Trade Reform Act is passed?
3. What does NTSB conclude about the cause of explosions during the Cresta accidents?
4. Who does George Winston contact in order to help make sense of what he knows of Yamata's involvement in the U.S. economic crisis?
5. About how much has U.S. military power been reduced from its former capacity?
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