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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The View from the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the farthest distance that Johnson would put an engineer from the assembly line?
(a) 25 ft.
(b) 100 ft.
(c) 15 ft.
(d) 50 ft.

2. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

3. How tall was the mountain near the test site for the model stealth ship?
(a) 7,500 ft.
(b) 12,000 ft.
(c) 8,500 ft.
(d) 11,500 ft.

4. How much did it cost to build each U-2?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $9 million.
(d) $7 million.

5. From what base did Blackbirds fly to photograph North Vietnam?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) Korea.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much would Northrop Aircraft Company have increased Rich's salary if he went to work for them?

2. How far could the F-117 stealth fighter fly without refueling?

3. What was the name of the phony engineering company set up to receive CIA payments?

4. What were the Soviet bombers nicknamed that Khrushchev had overfly the May Day parade in 1954?

5. How many feet per second could the Blackbird fly?

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