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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months of "search and destroy" in Vietnam still haunt Beckwith as he writes the book in 1983?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

2. What year is it when Beckwith describes the bond he has with his men in Chapter 12?
(a) Early 1967,
(b) Early 1966.
(c) Late 1967.
(d) Late 1966.

3. What does S.A.S. stand for?
(a) Special Air Services.
(b) Strategic Air Services.
(c) Special Armed Services.
(d) Strategic Armed Services.

4. How long does it take Beckwith to assemble the first Delta Force?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

5. In Chapter 10, which place does Beckwith mention an argument about competing operations?
(a) An Lao.
(b) La Drang.
(c) Lang Vei.
(d) Plei Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beckwith find the Vietnam military compound at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. How is the military training of indigenous people described in Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 1, who is with Beckwith on his trip to Britain?

4. Where is Beckwith's friend and supporter of Delta Force relocated to in Chapter 17?

5. What part of the American military is Delta Force considered in the beginning of Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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