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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Alamo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A week before the mission that brought Rangers, Delta operators, and SEALs into Mogadishu on October 3, a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Mogadishu by what?
(a) A .50 caliber pistol.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) An elephant gun.
(d) An RPG.

2. In the context of military special operations, what consists of: "Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets"?
(a) Non-hostile action.
(b) Hostile action.
(c) Indirect action.
(d) Direct action.

3. Who is the manufacturer of Black Hawk helicopters?
(a) Lockheed Martin.
(b) Airbus.
(c) Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
(d) Boeing.

4. Less than two hours into the battle, the crippled Humvee convoy approached what location, preparing for another ambush as they made their way to the base in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) K-4 circle.
(b) GR-8 triangle.
(c) B-4 oval.
(d) K-9 square.

5. Where are the Night Stalkers' Regiment headquarters?
(a) Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
(b) Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
(c) Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
(d) Fort Carson, Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United States armed forces or other Uniformed services?

2. What is a term of art used by armed forces to denote infantry weapons an individual soldier may carry?

3. What, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the force quickly retreating to a previous defended position?

4. As the convoy wandered lost around Mogadishu, a CSAR Black Hawk dropped Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson and what other medic in "Overrun"?

5. Who was instructed to guard the single window in the room where they were taking the wounded in "The Alamo"?

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