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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 28.
(b) More than 30.
(c) About 15.
(d) 36.

2. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. Where were the first-draft plans of the RBMK drawn up by a heavy machinery plant?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Novodvinsk.
(d) Leningrad.

4. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) August 29, 1949.
(b) July 18, 1949.
(c) June 5, 1949.
(d) September 3, 1949.

5. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

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

3. How much energy were the high-power channel-type reactors theoretically capable of generating?

4. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?

5. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?

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