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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 4 years.

4. On April 26, what time did Vitalii Sklyarov get a call from the central load dispatcher for the Ukrainian grid?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 2:15 a.m.
(c) 2:45 a.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

5. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?

2. How long after the explosion at Chernobyl did the secure high-frequency lines ring at the Union-level ministries in Moscow?

3. 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?

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

5. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?

(see the answer key)

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