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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. Where was Lop Nor located?

2. Who was the largest builder of planes in the aerospace industry in the 1980s?

3. How many years did Rich work at Lockheed?

4. When did a piece of one of the drones resurface?

5. When was Skunk Works ordered to destroy all of the tooling for the drones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was a model of the stealth ship tested?

2. Why did Johnson believe the drones failed over China?

3. Why did Johnson call the F-111 a national scandal?

4. What shattered Dick Bissell's career?

5. Why did Northrop Aircraft Company offer Rich a job?

6. Where was the drone built at Skunk Works?

7. When the stealth boat was being tested on the ocean, how were curious fishing boats and yachtsmen kept away?

8. Why did President Johnson authorize the Blackbird to overfly North Vietnam in May 1967?

9. Why wasn't the Navy interested in the stealth ship?

10. What was done to prepare the route for the truck that would carry the Blackbird to the test site?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Skunk Works won the contract for the stealth fighter, there was an increase in secrecy and bureaucracy. Discuss the effect of secrecy and bureaucracy on the production of the stealth fighter.

Essay Topic 2

A U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down by the Soviets. Discuss the mission, what went wrong, and the reactions to the failed mission.

Essay Topic 3

The division Johnson and Rich headed up at Lockheed had an unusual name. Discuss the origins of Skunk Works and how Skunk Works got its name.

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