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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?
(a) 32 hours.
(b) 23 hours.
(c) 28 hours.
(d) 36 hours.

2. On Saturday, what time did Essaulov notice ambulances coming from the nuclear plant?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) Near dawn.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

3. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?
(a) 3,100 tons.
(b) 2,000 tons.
(c) 1,500 tons.
(d) 1,000 tons.

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

5. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the USSR energy minister Anatoly Mayorets learn about the accident at Chernobyl?

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

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

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

5. What time did Vladimir Shashenok die at the hospital on Saturday?

(see the answer key)

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