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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Chapters 18 & 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is the Prologue's plan taking place in?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1981.

2. What is one of the main ideas behind the effectiveness of the Delta Force platoon?
(a) That the soldiers should be flexible when working together.
(b) That the soldiers should concentrate on their own individual tasks.
(c) That the unit should only have two different formations.
(d) That the unit should only have one specific formation.

3. When does Beckwith get shot in Chapter 13?
(a) After the battle with the enemy begins.
(b) Before he makes it to the landing zone.
(c) After he makes it to the landing zone.
(d) Before the battle with the enemy begins.

4. What is Beckwith asked to provide in Chapter 17?
(a) Cost, equipment details, and a timeframe.
(b) Equipment details and a timeframe.
(c) Cost and equipment details.
(d) Cost and a timeframe.

5. In Chapter 18, what is Beckwith's goal?
(a) To make Delta Force the most used part of the American military.
(b) To make Delta Force a rarely used fixture of the American military.
(c) To make Delta Force a permanent fixture of the American military.
(d) To make Delta Force the leading example of the American military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appoints the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

2. How long does it take Beckwith to assemble the first Delta Force?

3. How is General Kroesen's support for the Delta Force described at the end of Chapter 16?

4. What skills are considered when a person is selected to communicate the project?

5. How many full regiments of the North Vietnamese army surround Beckwith's unit in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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