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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. How are the representatives for the Joint Chiefs of Staff chosen?

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

3. What does Beckwith accomplish by taking a Vietnamese officer to dinner?

4. What is the focus of Chapter 19?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beckwith observe while he is recovering from his injury?

2. What is the tone of the book, "Delta Force", and why is it written this way?

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

4. How does the Delta Force reach the point where they are ready to begin training in Chapter 22?

5. What request does Beckwith make to General Meyer in Chapter 18, and what is Meyer's response?

6. How does Beckwith form his After Action Report and what are his plans for the information it contains?

7. What is the bond being created between Beckwith and his soldiers in Chapter 12?

8. What is the difference in size between the British SAS and Beckwith's Delta Force, as it is being planned in Chapter 16?

9. What happens between Beckwith and the supervisor the day after he presents his report?

10. What impresses Beckwith about the British SAS, and what does he find confusing about them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Describe in detail Beckwith's trip to Britain and his experiences with the British SAS. Include the intakes, training, and operation of the SAS, the missions they embark on, and how Beckwith is inspired to combine British and American strategies in a new program.

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