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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1954.

2. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?
(a) May 13.
(b) May 9.
(c) May 11.
(d) May 19.

3. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 34.
(b) 26.
(c) 29.
(d) 31.

4. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) About 15.
(b) 28.
(c) 36.
(d) More than 30.

5. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?
(a) Supreme Court.
(b) U.S. Capitol.
(c) National Archives.
(d) Library of Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a press conference in Mowcow, how many transplant patients did Gale announce would probably die?

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

3. 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?

4. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

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?

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