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= Solution

Write $X_i=\theta+E_i$ with independent rate-one exponentials. Their minimum is exponential of rate $n$, so
$$
n(\widehat\theta_n-\theta)\sim\operatorname{Exp}(1)
$$
for every $n$. Thus $\alpha=1$ and the nondegenerate <limit> is rate-one exponential.

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