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"The Cardinal of the Kremlin" Trivia Quiz

Come try my quiz on the third of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels.

A multiple-choice quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
reedy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
116,641

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
663

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Question 1 of 20

1. The first character we meet in the novel is called 'The Archer.' Why is he called this? Hint

His skill with SAMs

His skill with a crossbow

His skill with a bow-and-arrow

He used to be an archery instructor

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is the Archer's real name? Hint

Abdul

It is not revealed

Ahmed

Nazir

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Question 3 of 20

3. The Archer fights against the Russians because they killed his wife and two children.

True

False

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who is Jack Ryan's intelligence counterpart at the arms negotiations in Moscow? Hint

Filitov

Vatutin

Gerasimov

Golovko

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Question 5 of 20

5. What is the name of the Russian laser project?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 20

6. What is the name of the American laser project?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 20

7. Where does Misha go to deliver his microfilms? Hint

The subway

Jogging

The steam baths

Red Square

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Question 8 of 20

8. How many intermediaries are there in the chain of 'couriers' to get Misha's film to Ed Foley?

Answer: (Number)

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Question 9 of 20

9. What technique is used to get Svetlana Vaneyeva to confess to being a 'spy'? Hint

Sensory deprivation

Physical torture

Bribery

Questioning and disorientation

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Question 10 of 20

10. The 'Russianification' of Jack's name is Ivan Petrovich.

True

False

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Question 11 of 20

11. What is the name of the army Colonel who is sent by Defence Minister Yazov to determine the effectiveness of the laser project? Hint

Bondarenko

Pokryshkin

Morozov

Vatutin

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Question 12 of 20

12. With what branch of the army is Filitov associated? Hint

Artillery

Infantry

Engineers

Armored

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Question 13 of 20

13. Misha always communes with comrades from the past before he commits his 'patriotic' acts of treason. With whom does Filitov always converse as a balm to his conscience? Hint

Sergeant Gorshkov

Sergeant Davidov

Corporal Leninov

Corporal Romanov

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who is the spy in the American laser project? Hint

Candace Long

Beatrice Taussig

Peggy Jennings

Tania Bisyarina

15. When 'Bob' and the other Russian agents kidnap Major Gregory, they get lost trying to get back to their safehouse. A traffic accident forces them to roads they are unfamiliar with. What leads to their being stopped by the police? Hint

They speed

A routine traffic check-stop

They are driving a stolen car

They cut off another vehicle

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Question 16 of 20

16. How are Gerasimov's wife and daughter smuggled out of the country? Hint

Train

Car trunk

Submarine

Airplane

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Question 17 of 20

17. The Archer and the Major are both killed in their assault on the Soviet laser project at Dushanbe.

True

False

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who breaks Filitov out of Lefortovo Prison? Hint

Jack Ryan

Mr. Clark

Colonel Bondarenko

Chairman Gerasimov

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Question 19 of 20

19. Jack is left behind in the Soviet Union and is captured by the KGB.

True

False

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Question 20 of 20

20. After dying in his sleep, Colonel Mikhail Filitov is given a burial with full military honors. However, due to his status, his burial is held at a secret location. Where was it?

Answer: (Two words- Presidential)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first character we meet in the novel is called 'The Archer.' Why is he called this?

Answer: His skill with SAMs

One of the Russian surface-to-air missiles he learned to use with such great precision was called 'strela', which translates as 'arrow.'

2. What is the Archer's real name?

Answer: It is not revealed

We never learn the name of the Archer, his leader, or, later in the novel, the Major.

3. The Archer fights against the Russians because they killed his wife and two children.

Answer: False

The Archer's wife and daughter were killed by rockets fired from a Russian fighter, and his son was rounded up with other surviving orphans from the village for shipment to the Soviet Union.

4. Who is Jack Ryan's intelligence counterpart at the arms negotiations in Moscow?

Answer: Golovko

Throughout the arms negotiations, Ryan and Golovko try and get insight from each other as to how much each side is willing to concede.

5. What is the name of the Russian laser project?

Answer: Bright Star

The laser site is located near the town of Dushanbe in the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic.

6. What is the name of the American laser project?

Answer: Tea Clipper

Tea Clipper is located in New Mexico.

7. Where does Misha go to deliver his microfilms?

Answer: The steam baths

Misha delivers his film by handing it to the steam bath attendant with the bundle of birch branches that all patrons get while in the steam bath.

8. How many intermediaries are there in the chain of 'couriers' to get Misha's film to Ed Foley?

Answer: 4

Misha hands it to (1) the steam bath attendant, who gives it to (2) the drycleaning shop owner, who has it picked up by (3) Svetlana Vaneyeva, who passes it to (4) an older male, who gives it to Ed.

9. What technique is used to get Svetlana Vaneyeva to confess to being a 'spy'?

Answer: Sensory deprivation

Svetlana goes through many stages in the course of her 'treatment.' She ranges from panic to depression to speculation on whether or not she is dead to hysteria to self-recrimination, and more before she is considered 'broken.'

10. The 'Russianification' of Jack's name is Ivan Petrovich.

Answer: False

It is actually 'Ivan Emmetovich.' Ivan is the Russian version of John, and the patronym is Jack's father's name (Emmet) with the masculine 'ovich' added to the end.

11. What is the name of the army Colonel who is sent by Defence Minister Yazov to determine the effectiveness of the laser project?

Answer: Bondarenko

When it is discovered that Filitov is a traitor, suspicion is also cast upon Bondarenko, due to the relationship between the two.

12. With what branch of the army is Filitov associated?

Answer: Armored

Colonel Mikhail Filitov was awarded the gold star as 'Hero of the Soviet Union' three times during his career as a tanker.

13. Misha always communes with comrades from the past before he commits his 'patriotic' acts of treason. With whom does Filitov always converse as a balm to his conscience?

Answer: Corporal Romanov

Corporal Romanov was the young tanker that interposed his tank between the Germans and Filitov to save him. Filitov destroyed the tank that got Romanov in return, receiving his burns at the same time.

14. Who is the spy in the American laser project?

Answer: Beatrice Taussig

Dr. Long is Major Gregory's significant other, Peggy Jennings is the FBI Agent trying to find the spy, and Bisyarina is Russian Agent 'running' her asset: Bea Taussig.

Answer: They cut off another vehicle

In the back of the car, Major Gregory tries to alert the cop to his situation, and the cop gets shot in the jaw. By throwing off the gunman's aim, Major Gregory manages to save the cop's life.

16. How are Gerasimov's wife and daughter smuggled out of the country?

Answer: Submarine

Mr. Clark comes ashore to get them, and then takes them to waiting "USS Dallas."

17. The Archer and the Major are both killed in their assault on the Soviet laser project at Dushanbe.

Answer: False

The Major accomplishes his mission, but the Archer fails and is killed by Colonel Bondarenko.

18. Who breaks Filitov out of Lefortovo Prison?

Answer: Chairman Gerasimov

KGB Chairman Gerasimov is compromised in his bid for power by the CIA threatening to reveal the truth about what happened to "Red October." Since Gerasimov had used the GRU's apparent failure in that event to advance his career, the truth would have finished him politically.

19. Jack is left behind in the Soviet Union and is captured by the KGB.

Answer: True

In helping Filitov to board the plane, Jack hurts his knee and is unable to climb back up the ladder. As a member of a diplomatic mission, however, Jack is safe from retaliation. After speaking with the Soviet General Secretary Narmonov, they agree to keep everything hush hush.

20. After dying in his sleep, Colonel Mikhail Filitov is given a burial with full military honors. However, due to his status, his burial is held at a secret location. Where was it?

Answer: Camp David

The Soviet Defence Attach� to Washington, Major General Grigoriy Dalmatov, was brought to the ceremony as a courtesy to the Russians and to Filitov's corps - the tankers.

Source: Author reedy

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