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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) 1:31 a.m.
(c) Around 1:24 a.m.
(d) 1:28 a.m.

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

4. By what time did Interior Ministry troops wearing chemical warfare suits and respirators block access to the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 9:30 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 8:30 a.m.

5. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?
(a) Another pair.
(b) 4.
(c) Another 2 pair.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?

2. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

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?

4. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?

5. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?

(see the answer key)

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