In the Movie the Hunt for Red October, Captain Ramius

question 15

Multiple Choice

In the movie The Hunt for Red October, Captain Ramius (Sean Connery) leaves a letter for the Soviet Navy announcing that he intends to defect to the United States.As a result, the Soviet Navy launches a massive effort to find and sink Ramius's ship, the Red October.In announcing that he was intending to defect, Capt.Ramius's actions could be explained as

• A)an act of irrationality.
• B)a step to remove the option of return to the Soviet Union, thereby increasing the likelihood of a successful defection to the West.
• C)a spurious piece of information that might affect behavior.
• D)part of the process of discovering his preferences.
• E)an attempt at randomizing behavior to make his adversaries less certain of his true intentions.

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