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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?
(a) September 29, 1966.
(b) July 17, 1966.
(c) August 9, 1966.
(d) October 2, 1986.

2. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?
(a) 15 to 30 seconds.
(b) 18 to 21 seconds.
(c) 20 to 35 seconds.
(d) 16 to 28 seconds.

3. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?
(a) 14,000.
(b) 28,000.
(c) 32,000.
(d) 9,000.

4. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?
(a) 205 degrees centigrade.
(b) 318 degrees centigrade.
(c) 280 degrees centigrade.
(d) 300 degrees centigrade.

5. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 29.
(b) 34.
(c) 26.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?

3. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?

4. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?

5. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?

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