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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was risk standard set at following the Apollo 1 accident?
(a) 79% success.
(b) 99.9% success.
(c) 90.5% success.
(d) 85% success.

2. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?
(a) Paired them up with engineers who acted as mentors.
(b) Paid for computers to go back to college.
(c) Required them to take classes at the local college.
(d) Sponsored a course in engineering physics.

3. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?
(a) R.T. Jones.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) Melvin Butler.

4. Where did Christine Mann Darden attend college?
(a) Hampton Institute.
(b) Virginia State University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Howard University.

5. Who was the first American in space?
(a) Alan Shephard.
(b) Neil Armstrong.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Yuri Gagarin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

2. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

3. Who returned to work at NASA after completing her graduate work in mathematics?

4. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?

5. What country were Americans concerned about their students being able to compete with?

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