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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?
(a) 51.
(b) 15.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

2. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1961.

3. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.
(b) Electrical engineering.
(c) Metrology.
(d) Theoretical electro-technologies.

4. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?
(a) 718.
(b) 604.
(c) 510.
(d) 439.

5. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?
(a) Less than 1 in 15.
(b) 3 in 25.
(c) About 2 in 20.
(d) 4 in 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?

2. Where were the first-draft plans of the RBMK drawn up by a heavy machinery plant?

3. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?

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

5. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?

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