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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

2. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 1,800.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 900.
(d) 750.

3. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?
(a) 10 meters across and 9 meters high.
(b) 15 meters across and 9 meters high.
(c) 12 meters across and 7 meters high.
(d) 20 meters across and 17 meters high.

4. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1968.

5. When was the town of Chernobyl established?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 9th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 12th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?

2. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?

3. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?

4. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

5. How many hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?

(see the answer key)

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