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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 23.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 32.

2. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?
(a) Just after 1:25 a.m.
(b) 1:28 a.m.
(c) 1:31 a.m.
(d) Around 1:24 a.m.

3. 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) 32.
(b) 51.
(c) 15.
(d) 29.

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

5. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?

5. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?

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