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"Red Rabbit" Trivia Quiz


Tom Clancy went back to look at a time early in Jack Ryan's career with this book. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
reedy
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
122,171
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
13 / 20
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799
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Question 1 of 20
1. Chronologically, where in the series does "Red Rabbit" fit? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. Jack's meeting with Dan Murray, the FBI's Legal Attaché in England, is their first ever meeting.


Question 3 of 20
3. On which floor in 'The Centre' does Captain Zaitzev work? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Ed and Mary Pat Foley arrive in Moscow to take on the position of the CIA Chief-of-Station. What is Ed's cover job with the American Embassy? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. With Jack and Cathy and family having settled into their new home in London, Jack begins his work as a liaison with British Intelligence. What is the name of the building where they are located? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Sir Basil Charleston, the head of British Intelligence, has a designation for his position, just like we see in James Bond Movies (M & Q, for example). What is Sir Basil's designation?

Answer: (A Letter)
Question 7 of 20
7. After his first day at work with the embassy in Moscow, Ed Foley got on the subway to return to the foreignor's compound. By happenstance, he and Zaitzev meet and strike up a conversation. What was their topic of conversation? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Zaitzev has the nickname 'zaitchik' for his daughter Svetlana. What does it translate as? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. Who is the Soviet government planning to assassinate, that it drove Zaitzev to defection?

Answer: (Two Words (The _____))
Question 10 of 20
10. To carry out their assassination plot, the Russians elicit the services of the State Security Service of this eastern-bloc country. Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. The Russians' eastern-bloc intermediary, Buboyov's man Colonel Strokov, contracts the actual assassination out to Muslim extremists in this country. Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Zaitzev and the Foleys have a number of 'meetings' as the plans for his defection are worked out. The plan calls for Zaitzev to take vacation time with his family in Hungary. How do they plan to travel there? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. As an intelligence analyst, Jack Ryan is not normally expected or required to go into the 'field.' When the CIA Chief of Station for Budapest is compromised, however, Jack must fill in as a CIA representative on the joint British/American operation. What is the Chief of Station's name? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. To protect the operation, Jack has to lie to Cathy about where he is going. What city in Germany does Jack tell her he is going to?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 15 of 20
15. The plan to extract Zaitzev and his family involved faking their deaths. In order to do this, they must acquire three bodies to leave as evidence of death by fire. Where does the first body become 'available'? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. On the night of the 'accidental fire' that supposedly takes the lives of the Zaitzev family, Oleg, Irina and their little zaichik spend the evening at a performance by the Hungarian State Railroad Orchestra #1 under the guest direction of Jozsef Rozsa. Who is the featured composer for the concert? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. When crossing the border into Yugoslavia, with Jack and the Zaitzev's hidden in boxes in the back of their truck, a bribe is paid to the border guard. What gets them across? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. After flying back to England, the debriefing of Captain Zaitzev begins. Through the information gleaned from him, Ryan is able to pass on information to his superiors at Langley that begins the process on catching a Russian spy in Washington, D.C. What is the codename of this spy?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 19 of 20
19. Once again, Jack charges off into the 'field.' This time to try to organize some defense against the planned Soviet assassination attempt. Including Jack, how many men are involved in scanning the crowd to watch for Colonel Strokov, whom they believe will make the attempt? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Does Strokov manage to shoot his target?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Chronologically, where in the series does "Red Rabbit" fit?

Answer: Between "Patriot Games" and "The Hunt for Red October"

"Red Rabbit" begins approximately 5 months after the events of "Patriot Games." Little Jack Ryan Jr. is 5 months old, and the book opens with the Ryan family moving into their residence in England.
2. Jack's meeting with Dan Murray, the FBI's Legal Attaché in England, is their first ever meeting.

Answer: False

Jack and Dan met for the first time when Jack was in the hospital following the attempt on the life of the Prince of Wales and his family in "Patriot Games."
3. On which floor in 'The Centre' does Captain Zaitzev work?

Answer: The first basement level.

Captain Zaitzev's workplace at #2 Dzerzhinskiy Square is the equivalent of the Main Enemy's 'MERCURY.' Messages to and from KGB agents and The Centre pass through Captain Zaitzev's office and across his desk.
4. Ed and Mary Pat Foley arrive in Moscow to take on the position of the CIA Chief-of-Station. What is Ed's cover job with the American Embassy?

Answer: Press Attaché

Ed had set up his cover by working for the New York Times as a reporter on a general beat. He did the job at a somewhat substandard level, making it seem as if he wasn't really cut out for the job, then taken a position with the State Department as a Press Attaché. Basically, he acted as a gobetween with foreign correspondents and embassy officials.
5. With Jack and Cathy and family having settled into their new home in London, Jack begins his work as a liaison with British Intelligence. What is the name of the building where they are located?

Answer: Century House

Century House was so named because of its street address: 100 Westminster Bridge Road. It is located just down the road from the Houses of Parliament.
6. Sir Basil Charleston, the head of British Intelligence, has a designation for his position, just like we see in James Bond Movies (M & Q, for example). What is Sir Basil's designation?

Answer: C

Jack first met Sir Basil a year earlier shortly after having been shot. Jack's development of the 'Canary Trap' had been known to Sir Basil, and he had had much praise to offer Jack about it.
7. After his first day at work with the embassy in Moscow, Ed Foley got on the subway to return to the foreignor's compound. By happenstance, he and Zaitzev meet and strike up a conversation. What was their topic of conversation?

Answer: Hockey

Zaitzev uses the chance encounter as an opportunity later on when he considers how to follow through on his plan to defect. Further 'chance' encounters and brush-passes on the subway are the result.
8. Zaitzev has the nickname 'zaitchik' for his daughter Svetlana. What does it translate as?

Answer: Bunny

The irony of this nickname is that the CIA term for a defector in the process of running is 'rabbit.' Ed Foley compounds the irony by naming the operation to extract Zaitzev and his family Operation BEATRIX after the author of the popular children's book, "Peter Rabbit."
9. Who is the Soviet government planning to assassinate, that it drove Zaitzev to defection?

Answer: The Pope

Even though he doesn't share the same belief system as the Catholic Church, Zaitzev's attack of conscience stems from the fact that his government wants to kill an innocent man.
10. To carry out their assassination plot, the Russians elicit the services of the State Security Service of this eastern-bloc country.

Answer: Bulgaria

The Sofia Rezident of the Bulgarian SSS is Colonel Bubovoy.
11. The Russians' eastern-bloc intermediary, Buboyov's man Colonel Strokov, contracts the actual assassination out to Muslim extremists in this country.

Answer: Turkey

They choose a Turk to do the job to throw off any police as to the real origin of the assassination attempt. With the long-standing antipathy between Islam and the Christian Churches, a single Muslim extremist is an ideal candidate for such an attempt.
12. Zaitzev and the Foleys have a number of 'meetings' as the plans for his defection are worked out. The plan calls for Zaitzev to take vacation time with his family in Hungary. How do they plan to travel there?

Answer: Train

The premise behind using the train is for the CIA to acquire a photograph of the family while at the station. As the family is planning a 'vacation', use of a train is even more appropriate for someone wanting to enjoy the countryside.
13. As an intelligence analyst, Jack Ryan is not normally expected or required to go into the 'field.' When the CIA Chief of Station for Budapest is compromised, however, Jack must fill in as a CIA representative on the joint British/American operation. What is the Chief of Station's name?

Answer: James Szell

It was pure bad luck. A Hungarian officer, Andreas Morrisay, happened to be in a coffee shop and saw a 'courier' make a dead-drop, attaching a tobacco tin to the underside of a table. He waited and watched James Szell sit at the same table a little over an hour later and retrieve it.

As Szell put it, "All this over a rookie second-rate agent furnishing second-rate information about a third-rate communist air force."
14. To protect the operation, Jack has to lie to Cathy about where he is going. What city in Germany does Jack tell her he is going to?

Answer: Bonn

Ostensibly, Jack is going to be giving an intelligence briefing at a NATO meeting.
15. The plan to extract Zaitzev and his family involved faking their deaths. In order to do this, they must acquire three bodies to leave as evidence of death by fire. Where does the first body become 'available'?

Answer: York

The first victim to 'volunteer' their carcass for Operation BEATRIX is Owen Williams. After downing six pints of dark beer at his favorite pub, he goes home and falls asleep in front of the telly with a lit cigarrette in his hand.
16. On the night of the 'accidental fire' that supposedly takes the lives of the Zaitzev family, Oleg, Irina and their little zaichik spend the evening at a performance by the Hungarian State Railroad Orchestra #1 under the guest direction of Jozsef Rozsa. Who is the featured composer for the concert?

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

The performance consisted of Bach's first three Brandenburg Concertos in the first half, followed by the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Pachelbel's Canon after the intermission.
17. When crossing the border into Yugoslavia, with Jack and the Zaitzev's hidden in boxes in the back of their truck, a bribe is paid to the border guard. What gets them across?

Answer: A pair of red Reebok sneakers

Istvan Kovacs, the driver of the truck (and hired smuggler), gives Captain Laszlo Budai the pair of red Reebok sneakers (with velcro!) for his daughter Zsóka, just in time for her fifth birthday.
18. After flying back to England, the debriefing of Captain Zaitzev begins. Through the information gleaned from him, Ryan is able to pass on information to his superiors at Langley that begins the process on catching a Russian spy in Washington, D.C. What is the codename of this spy?

Answer: Cassius

The fruits of this investigation are realized in the next chronological novel, "The Hunt for Red October" when the CIA manages to turn Cassius into a double agent, feeding misinformation to the Russians as needed.
19. Once again, Jack charges off into the 'field.' This time to try to organize some defense against the planned Soviet assassination attempt. Including Jack, how many men are involved in scanning the crowd to watch for Colonel Strokov, whom they believe will make the attempt?

Answer: 6

Ryan is the lone CIA representative of the group, which also includes Sparrow, King, Stones, Parker and Sharp of the British SIS. Using the same kind of earpiece radios that the US Secret Service are known for, the six of them coordinate their crowd scanning to try and spot Strokov. Sparrow spots him, and Ryan moves in to intercept.
20. Does Strokov manage to shoot his target?

Answer: No

Unbeknownst to Ryan and company, Strokov wasn't there to assassinate the Pope, but to kill the assassin after the fact. Jack manages to catch him before he does that, thinking that he's saving the Pope's life in the process. But, even the best intelligence can be lacking in the necessary detail, as Strokov's hired Turk still manages to shoot the Pope.
Source: Author reedy

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