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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beckwith asked to provide in Chapter 17?

2. How long is Beckwith separated from his family throughout Delta Force?

3. What word does Beckwith use to describe how he is feeling in Chapter 20?

4. How does Colonel Beckwith respond to Carter's decision?

5. According to what Beckwith is told in Chapter 16, what is the only way the Delta Force program will be successful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the hierarchy for Delta Force that is outlined in Chapter 22?

2. What leads Beckwith to Britain in Chapter 1, and what special program does he observe while he is there?

3. What is the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

4. What are the definitions of "used" and "misused" as they are referred to during the military meetings in Chapter 13?

5. How does Beckwith describe the sacrifices made by his family, and how do they relate with other military families in general?

6. What is needed in order for Delta Force to fit in the military hierarchy, and what are the results of the first attempt to accomplish this?

7. What is the point of Beckwith's mission in Vietnam, and how does he adapt there?

8. How is Beckwith accepted by the British troops and invited to Malaya?

9. How does Beckwith describe General Meyer, and what request is he given in Chapter 17?

10. What is a "salesman" and which skills do they have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the details and results of the meetings in Washington between Beckwith, representatives of Delta Force, and the government officials in responding to the Iranian hostage crisis. Provide an analysis of the generals that are included in the meetings and their participation in them.

Essay Topic 2

Beckwith returns to the U.S. after the Embassy rescue mission is ended and begins plans to develop a permanent, effective counter-terrorism organization for America.

1) Explain how and why Beckwith is selected to face the press and answer for the results of the rescue mission.

2) Describe Beckwith's explanation of the events that led to the decision to end the mission as well as his defense of that decision.

3) Analyze Beckwith's plans for the future of Delta Force and how he begins to build momentum at the end of the book.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Beckwith's first After Action report and the initial response that it receives from a supervisor in 1964. Also, provide examples of the updated changes that Beckwith makes to his report and what his original plans are for creating the set of exercises that would be the foundation for Delta Force.

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