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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a training pilot crashes after flying above the Piedmont area, what do they find at the plane?
(a) all the new plastic polymer that replaced rubber in the plane has dissolved
(b) the instrument panel was gone
(c) the pilot had left a note to his wife
(d) the pilot was too young to be flying

2. What does Lt. Shawn do as he approaches Piedmont?
(a) leaves his radio on after calling in
(b) stops and tells Private Crane to get out and wait for him on the hill
(c) pulls on a biological agent suit
(d) turns off his headlights so no one can see him

3. In what configuration is the Wildfire lab built?
(a) five underground levels connected by a central core
(b) as a skyscraper
(c) it looks like a large ranch
(d) in a pentagon, like the one in Washington

4. How does Stone feel about Hall's appointment?
(a) he's happy and enthusiastic about it
(b) it's against his wishes
(c) he's decided fate must have a reason
(d) he's indifferent to it

5. What does Hall do about his appointment to Wildfire?
(a) he demands more money than the government is offering
(b) nothing, he has never taken his commitment to Wildfire seriously
(c) he demands to appoint a friend of his to the project
(d) he asks for all the information so he can keep abreast of new developments

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?

2. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?

3. What were the first two scientific crises in history?

4. Who is Major Arthur Manchek?

5. What does Manchek do after he finishes the call with Jagger?

(see the answer key)

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