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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Rich's alias when he was researching liquid hydrogen?
(a) Rich Mann.
(b) Ben Dover.
(c) Pryor Brown.
(d) John Dunne.

2. How many years was Powers sentenced to hard labor by the Soviets?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

3. Who conducted tests in 1976 to determine if the claims Rich made about Have Blue were true?
(a) Lindsay Anderson.
(b) Brian Talbertson.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) David Wyatt.

4. How much did it cost to build an F-117A?
(a) $43 million.
(b) $39 million.
(c) $56 million.
(d) $27 million.

5. What was the F-117A nicknamed?
(a) Darkwing.
(b) Blackwing.
(c) Blackhawk.
(d) Nighthawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different missile systems did the Russian deploy to defend their cities and strategic interests?

2. Compared to Have Blue, what was the radar signature of other fighters?

3. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?

4. When did Rich first work for Johnson?

5. When was the F-117A first used in combat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the U.S. government attempt to use foreign pilots for the U-2 plane?

2. Was Skunk Works able to make money on the F-117 stealth fighter?

3. What happened when the Skunk Works test pilot took up Major Whitley's F-117A?

4. What was so revolutionary about the plane Have Blue?

5. What happened when Francis Powers flew a U-2 mission on May 1, 1960?

6. Until Overholser discovered the Ufimtsev theory, what possibilities had been know to reduce an airplane's radar detection?

7. Whose employees were the pilots who flew the U-2 and how were they paid?

8. Why one morning when Ken Dyson flew Have Blue, did it appear on radar?

9. How did the Air Force decide to use the F-117As?

10. By 1954, for what design had Rich earned a patent?

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