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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. When did the Concord first fly?

2. When was Johnson's birthday?

3. How old was Johnson when he died?

4. How did Johnson's wife Althea die in 1970?

5. How many planes did Rich work on during his employment at Lockheed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rich turn down a project to design a hypersonic airplane?

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

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

4. What type of a plane did Johnson propose to build after the U-2?

5. What was the most sensitive project Rich worked on at Skunk Works? The most sensitive project Rich ever worked on began in 1962 and had the code name Tagboard. The operation was to design spy drones to fly over Communist China's most remote and secret nuclear test facilities.

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

7. Why was it easier in the past to get a project like the Blackbird project rolling?

8. What shattered Dick Bissell's career?

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

10. What happened to a Blackbird flight pilot over West Virginia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the management styles of Rich and Johnson.

Essay Topic 3

From the American people to the government, it was believed in the 1950s that the Soviets were a major military threat to the United States. Discuss why it was believed the Soviets were a military threat to the United States.

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