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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The China Syndrome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Skunk Works pay an hour to use wind tunnels for testing?
(a) $5,000 to $7,500.
(b) $10,000 to $15,000.
(c) $17,000 to $20,000.
(d) $3,000 to $4,000.

2. During a night flight out of Turkey, how many fighters did the Soviets scramble against a U-2?
(a) 43.
(b) 36.
(c) 57.
(d) 28.

3. By the time the Blackbird project ended, how many separate parts had Skunk Works manufactured?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 13 million.
(d) 100,000.

4. Who owned the test track where a model of the Hopeless Diamond was tested?
(a) Raytheon.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Northrup.
(d) McDonnell Douglas.

5. How long did it take McDonnell Douglas to build the fighters it began building at the same time Skunk Works was building stealth fighters?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size wooden model was tested of the Hopeless Diamond?

2. How many years did the U-2 fly over the Soviet Union?

3. How hot did Johnson believe that a plane would get at Mach 3?

4. What did the Soviets build that was hydrogen fueled?

5. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?

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