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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?
(a) Once.
(b) Four times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Never.

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

3. When was the town of Chernobyl established?
(a) 14th century.
(b) 9th century.
(c) 15th century.
(d) 12th century.

4. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1966.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?

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

3. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?

5. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?

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