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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 did Rich say would be the surface heat on the fuselage of a plane that would fly at Mach 12?
(a) 3,000 degrees.
(b) 1,500 degrees.`
(c) 2,500 degrees.
(d) 3,500 degrees.

2. For whom was the test site built where the Have Blue was tested?
(a) Navy.
(b) CIA.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Army.

3. Who did Rich partner with on the stealth bomber?
(a) Boeing.
(b) Northrop.
(c) General Dynamics.
(d) Rockwell.

4. When was the Blackbird retired?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1990.

5. What foreign object was left inside the fuel tank of an Electra plane that forced the plane to land early?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A tool box.
(c) A hard hat.
(d) A vacuum cleaner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Rich born and raised?

3. How hot did Johnson believe that a plane would get at Mach 3?

4. What was the code name of the most sensitive project during Rich's years at Skunk Works?

5. When was Harold Brown Secretary of Defense?

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