The Right Stuff Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Right Stuff Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "The Vote".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first Russian cosmonaut?
(a) Gherman Titov.
(b) Alexei Leonov.
(c) Sergei Korolyov.
(d) Yuri Gagarin.

2. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

3. Which of the astronauts does not live with his family on or near the base, but houses his family 120 miles away from the base and lives in the base's Bachelor Quarters?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Gus Grissom.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) Deke Slayton.

4. Who does NASA hire to be the astronauts' press representative?
(a) Alfred Godfrey.
(b) Betty Grissom.
(c) Leo DeOrsey.
(d) John Mortey.

5. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."
(a) just untimely tragedies.
(b) there are only pilots with the wrong stuff.
(c) if you follow the manuals, you will be fine.
(d) there are, however, dumb mistakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Janet Conrad support her husband's decision to join the astronaut program?

2. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?

3. What does the author compare the career path of a fighter pilot to?

4. What feature makes Pete Conrad different from a lot of other pilots?

5. What political event leads to Project Mercury being thought of, for the first time, as potentially expendable?

(see the answer key)

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